During an appearance on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” for the 20th anniversary of his play Angels in America, Tony Kushner let slip a detail of the “very specific sense” he had about what happened to Joe Pitt—one of the play’s central characters that disappears very ambiguously from the story’s end. Ne
If the latest Call of Duty taught us anything besides the fact that big explosions are still almost as ridiculous as they are awesome, it’s that videogames can make you a ton of money. The United Kingdom recently followed a trend set by other game development-friendly nations like France, Canada, an
Besides a ridiculous live-action movie spin-off (starring, of all people, Dennis Hopper), Mario’s transition from videogames to other areas of popular culture can sometimes seem few and far between. BuzzFeed has a list of 100 incredible pieces of fan art dedicated to the spunky Italian plumber, incl
Videogames have gotten a lot of flack during their short life atop the pop culture totem pole for being terrible for the mental and physical well-being of their players. But amidst all these accusations, the question naturally arises of what you would do if you were attacked by an angry moose. The n
Despite the recent successful defense of unmarred videogame distribution in Brown v. EMA, Congress is at it again: A new bill has been submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives that will require most video games to include a warning label that states: “WARNING: Exposure to violent video games h
The use of videogames by the military has long be a subject of criticism and curiosity by journalists and those who view games solely as purveyors of entertainment. Now a new trend seems to be starting for application of games to soldiers’ lives: as a form of therapy for recovering veterans. The Chr
A few months ago, William Bennet reminded victims of the great recession that chronic unemployment was entirely their fault with the standard charm conservatives like him tend to bring to the issue: “‘Get off the video games five hours a day, get yourself together, get a challenging job and get marr