Jamin Warren

Jamin Warren

League of Legends reunion story shows games as the new pen pal letter

Not sure how we missed this one. Riot Games asked San Francisco agency Muhtayzik Hoffer to show what League of Legends means to its millions of players and the result was a short called “Tim’s Story.”  Tim lives in Nebraska, but grew up in Arizona. After his father endures a coma, the family decides

Alcazar will puzzle your afternoon, bend your brain

Prepare to cede your afternoon. Jérôme Morin-Drouin of the Incredible Company has released a delightful and maddening puzzler in the form of Alcazar. Drawing on elements of Moorish design, from which the game takes its name, the game asks you to merely connect two or more exits in a straight line wh

TV and film are full of bad dads, but games are doing better

“[On TV] if there is a dad in the home, he is an idiot. It must have reflected our own discomfort with dads being competent,” said Hanna Rosin on a panel about the future of fatherhood this weekend at the Aspen Ideas Festival. “You put a dad in front of his kid, and the dad gives the worst advice. Y

Shockers Bluff is your new dinner party ice breaker

If “Feel the Pain” is your favorite Dinosaur, Jr. song, then you’re in for a treat. Michael Hand of the Revision3’s show DIY Tryin‘ has put together a devious game concept that will surely upset everyone you know and likely send another to the hospital. Titled Shocker’s Bluff, the concept is simple.