With electronics getting cheaper and more mod-able, (like when Entertainment Weekly embedded a phone in an advertisement), there’s more of an opportunity for books and screens to collide. While this Myst book is basically a fancy skin for a single-purpose electronic device, it speaks of media to com
Tetris has affects the human brain strangely, whether it’s with afterimages or blocking traumatic experiences. Tom Stafford at Mind Hacks theorizes that the appeal of Tetris lies in its continual presentation of unfinished tasks… much like popular RPGs, only without any pretenses. Tetris holds our a
Educational games are getting better. Instead of being interactive flash cards, they’ve become worlds where players can come to an understanding of real-life concepts. A Slower Speed of Light from the MIT Game Lab looks at what it would be like if you could walk at the speed of light. From their sit
The postmodern mass-murder lark Hotline Miami is being pirated. Normally this wouldn’t be news, but it turns out the game’s developer provided the pirates with tech support. T.J. Hafter at PC Gamer found Jonatan Söderström leaving helpful comments on torrenting sites. Not only does Söderström (posti
With the election coming up, military drone strikes are getting more attention. President Obama has increased the role of drones in the military and Mitt Romney has given every indication he would continue the trend if he wins the election. Unmanned, the grand jury prize winner at Indiecade, deals w
When I can’t bring myself to finish a game, sometimes I watch the ending in a user-made play video. You know the ones… they usually have play commentary that no one wants to hear. But there is an art to realtime videogame commentary. This smooth jazz of Let’s Play of Sonic originally appeared on the
In the last few years, games with a “retro” or “nostalgic” style have become popular. Some of the games riding the childhood wave are excellent. Brendan Keogh found that Retro City Rampage‘s CRT overlay brought to mind fond memories: I could remember what the lounge room of my family’s house was lik
Tevis Thompson, who wrote about his disillusionment with Zelda, and David Hellman, the artist of Braid, have teamed up to make a graphic novel about a young woman discovering the truth about her civilization, with an emphasis on suggestion rather than telling you exactly what’s happening. A universe