Quora, the question and answer site that encourages users to take pride in their real names and coherent answers, occasionally features answers from videogame professionals. John Romero recently reflected on the difficulties in developing Doom: – – – Each person on the team had a hard time with whic
What happens to those games on Newgrounds that no one ever plays? After they shrivel up like a raisin in the sun, Zero Feedback spotlights them. The Tumblr is dedicated to finding videogames on game forums that have received no feedback. The quotes that accompany the games asking for feedback are a
Videogame fans are growing up, and so is the paraphernalia associated with games. Instead of taping posters to the wall, fans can have chic furniture in their living rooms. This arcade-inspired couch and shelving come from Igor Chak out of LA. Chak describes the sofa as “an old friend that kept tryi
Hackers may be able to use your brain against you, if you’re using an EEG-measuring device like NeuroSky. One brain wave that an EEG can sense, called the P300, signals that an object is important or recognized. Mind Hacks summarizes the study on P300 signals called “On the Feasibility of Side-Chann
If you have a Minecraft world that’s somehow limited to a small space, it is possible to create a sustainable economy. The ever-essential wood can grow back and animals can reproduce. However, if players have goals other than survival in mind, they can get depressingly destructive. One Minecraft exp
Pinball is a strange arcade game. It’s played with physical objects, yet scores everything digitally. And it’s really hard to get good at. The new games criticism site, Bit Creature, published Ryan Winslett’s experience of playing pinball at a tournment. I stepped up to The Twilight Zone table and f
The cutscenes between levels in Touch My Katamari show an otaku of the worst kind. As he shuns his geeky self, he becomes more successful and happier in life. But what message is that sending to us geeks playing the game? CJ Melendez at the site Rely on Horror sees Katamari as a game specializing in
Most of the games that have been coming out lately seem to focus an awful lot on humans or humanoids. Animals are a completely neglected part of wilderness survival, except occasionally when they can provide transport or meat. Tokyo Jungle might be the antidote to all our human-centric game-playing.