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APOCALYPSE LATER: If Revelation was pop culture for the ancient world, ours has to be Mass Effect, right?
Adam Gopnik reviews Elaine Pagels “”Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation” this month and asks some big questions about the purpose of the book. Nearly shunned from the canon (but resurrected by a pugilistic saint named Athanasius), Revelation is one the least unders
The Indie Talks: "Waking Mars" developer Tiger Style tells us gardening and honesty. On Mars.
It’s somewhat intimidating when Randy Smith starts talking about Mars. Part of it is just how much he knows — he has clearly done more than just skim the wiki. But most of it is his obvious passionate enthusiasm, the way he manages to make you feel as if Martian ecology is something you really need
How will the end of game retailers affect the industry’s creative and financial ecosystem?
In one of his classic moments of vitriol against monopolistic capitalism, Schumpeter painted a nightmarish picture of standing in a grocery store, looking at all the different tubes and toothpaste. Slowly, the conscientious consumer starts to realize that they’re all exactly the same thing. One of t
They finally made an Angry Birds theme park. And yes, you get to fling birds in real life.
Writing about whether or not puzzles like those in Angry Birds actually build real-world intelligence, writer and KS contributor Tom Bissell replied “until I find myself in a situation that requires slingshotting large objects at fixed positions, I withhold judgment.” Thanks to the new theme park “A
Is Windows 8 going to keep PC gaming alive, or is it the final nail in the coffin?
The future financial prospects for personal computing haven’t looked so hot in recent months, but the recent launch of Windows 8 raises another concern entirely: forget about assessing the PC from a business perspective, does it even work from a design perspective anymore? Reactions to the new Windo
Morning Cheat Sheet 3/1: Blizzard’s layoffs, a new Baldur’s Gate, and Sega’s new CCO.
And now that the leap day is over, we can all get back to work, cause come on, it’s a real day again guys. – Blizzard cut 600 jobs and though the vast majority of them had nothing to do with game development, that’s still sad news to hear. – There may be a new Baldur’s Gate game in the works. A teas
Kickstarter of the Day: Farmageddon is your other favorite farming relating title.
Phil Kilcrease spotted the lack of farming games on the market and decided to make his own. The board game community on Kickstarter is really vibrant! -Jamin Warren
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