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Besides finally earning their place on gallery walls next to comic books and fine art with The Smithsonian’s “The Art of Video Games” exhibit, and, well, augmenting museum exhibitions at no less a place than The Louvre, games may continue to influence the way art and culture is curated and exhibited

Tuesday. Tuesday? Tuesday! Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Game of the Year Edition was announced. BioWare has insisted that Star Wars: The Old Republic is not losing subscribers. Activision is going to announce the next Call of Duty title on May 1st. Blizzard revealed more of the Witch Doctor’s prop

How often have you been slinging birds through outer space lately and found yourself wondering, “this seems fun, but is it really accurate?” No, not the part about birds being slung through space without pressurized suits and some source of oxygen, just the physics question. Physics Professor Rhett

The day before I was scheduled to meet with Ken Levine, I caught a brief glimpse of him walking around the floor of PAX East. I didn’t recognize him at first, but standing in a long line of devotees and cosplayers-fans who dress up in elaborately constructed costumes of their favorite characters-a l

video Last night’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race shocked some fans by [spoiler alert] once again changing the rules of the game in the already tumultuous fourth season. Following the show’s tradition, the final three contestants star in a new music video with RuPaul. While normally these show off th

Here is today in five bullet-points: -Playstation Vita sales sank to a new low. -A new Silent Hill movie is due out this October. -Halo 4’s release date was officially announced. -Ubisoft is being sued over the Assassin’s Creed storyline. -Darksiders II was delayed. That’s all for now! See you tomor

Yesterday, Twitter took a bold step into the contentious world of software patents and intellectual property with its “Innovators Patent Agreement” (the other IPA), which the company’s VP of engineering described as an effort to keep “control in the hands of engineers and designers.” Rebecca Rosen e

Given Zynga’s reputation in the game community, everybody was curious what would happen with the phenomenon of “Draw Something” following its sudden acquisition by the social gaming giant. Would it simply become “Draw Something with Friends?” or, I suppose, the simply title “Drawing with Friends?” I

tk Pong may be one of the older videogames ever created, but the German agency BBDO certainly found a way to bring the game up to date. Tasked with showing that the Smart Fortwo electric drive was not only green but also fun, the company created this massive version of pong called “eBall” to showcas

HBO’s new show “Girls” finally began airing this past Sunday amidst a massive amount of hype. Almost immediately, however, I was struck by the ferocity of attacks against the show. Most of the anger was not directed at the quality of the writing, acting, cinematography, or many of the other things I

Last month the release of Mass Effect 3 had a nifty design tweak for fans of femshep: the cover art was made to be double-sided, so fans could switch between which version of Shepard they could prefer. It was a clever idea, but with the growing trends towards digital media, might these sort of desig

Kill Screen recently spoke with videogame scholar Jesper Juul about the creative possibilities inherent in failure, something game designers and gamers alike may be loath to take seriously considering the emotional difficulty of processing failure itself. Herman Cain may seem like an odd candidate t

tk The chances of a Ron Paul-led GOP ticket come this election season may be slim, but that doesn’t mean the cantankerous libertarian doesn’t have to stop fighting! Kickstarter has once again helped foment the burgeoning indie game seen (and, I suppose, the libertarian revolution) with this new Mari

Happy hump day! Here’s everything you need to know: Dark Souls is coming to PC later this year in a special Prepare to Die edition. It will be offered through the Games for Windows Live service. Peter Molyneux spoke to Eurogamer in an exclusive interview, explaining his departure from Microsoft and,

If an alternate reality game forcing you to run away from vicious hordes of the undead in order to burn calories and survive a bit long (in the game and real life, I suppose) isn’t enough to quench your thirst for undead action, here’s another brain-eating form of augmented reality for you: “Map of

One of the most successful television shows ever made, a constant joke in The Simpsons is the resistance on the creator’s part to actually reveal where in the United States the show is set. That may have changed with a new reveal by Matt Groening, BBC News reports: Mr Groening also said he was inspi

Happy Tuesday! If you missed today in gaming news, fear not. Here is everything you need to know: A new legal settlement will require GameStop to warn customers about DLC and potentially refund them. The founder of Commodore passed away last Sunday at the age of 83. BioWare announced its official re

Despite any potential for brilliance in its hardware, the Microsoft Kinect has often seemed to struggle under the weight of its own cultural ambitions (see the recent ambivalent response to Kinect Star Wars). But in transforming a legendarily complicated custom controller (pictured above) into a ser

The Eye blog has some amazing images from Galt Toys today in recognition of a new exhibition of Ken Garland’s design work for the manufacturer. Speaking about the work, Garland sheds some light on how toy and game manufacturers began to see their products in terms of the unified design of a branded

Today at Kill Screen Richard Clark asked if a alternate reality game centered on being chased by virtual zombies could finally inspire him to exercise (spoiler alert: it does, but not nearly as much as being single can). Turns out the existence of a mobile app this ridiculous might be a symptom of a

What’s the latest way that terrorists may be communicating with each other? Apparently through their videogame consoles. While online games ofWorld of WarcraftandBattlefieldused to be the sole territory of aggressive gamers, homophobic middle schoolers, and all types of angry trolls, the Department

For the afternoon crowd: -Indie-hero Notch is bringing his next game into space. Apparently it has a weird title. –A new study shows that teens actually prefer social and mobile gaming to “traditional games.” –Shadownrun is finally coming back thanks to Kickstarter. David Gaider is really excited. –