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Cheat Sheet 2/8/12: Nintendo’s new 3DS strategy, BioWare’s spin on Mass Effect, and Magicka creator’s new game
Here it is, today’s mainstreaming gaming news in one convenient box. – The 3DS is getting a twenty dollar price drop to compete with the Vita. – BioWare are taking the Mass Effect universe in a different direction with an iOS title. – Paradox Interactive, makers of Magicka, will be announcing a mult
Kickstarter of the Day: Have a lot of fun playing nothing.
You read that right. nothing is a board game with a few days left on Kickstarter. Aside from having a hilarious trailer and a seemingly endless list of potentially awful puns, nothing has the makings of a simple, fun family game. Lance Aston’s project has precious few days left to raise the necessar
The Simpsons are now in your PSN.
Yesterday in a blog post on the official PlayStation Blog, it was revealed that the Simpsons arcade game would be available today on PSN. It’s a mostly-faithful adaptation of the original arcade game, which is pretty sweet. As both big gamers and die-hard Simpsons fans, we’re psyched. -Drew Millard
PAUSE: In time for Valentine’s Day, a DIY pixel-y pop-up heart card.
Get the directions here. -Jamin Warren [via CMYBacon]
Are games entering a Romantic era? A game based on Chopin’s Preludes thinks so.
In an interview yours truly did for Gamasutra, I spoke with experimental game maker Jake Elliott about Chopin’s Preludes, which were the source of inspiration for his short game Ruins. Jake explained to me how games might be entering a Romantic period. The Preludes are really expressive. That’s ano
A shocking look at soccer’s dystopian future?
For years Major League Soccer has been trying to think up ways to drum up interest in the world’s most popular sport. Think no more MLS, because this youtube clip might be the ticket. Nothing about the game would have to change: attach shock training collars onto everybody on the field (including th
Do Atari 2600s dream of electric poetry? Yes, they do.
Nothing is 0k is a program that allows Atari 2600 consoles to write poetry. This is a substantial feat, considering the machine only has 4 kilobytes of memory. The way this is done is rather geeky, but also very cool. The machine spits out a pattern of shapes and colors, as seen above, which can the
Vicarious Play: Watching football requires similar mental activities to playing it.
Gridiron fans aren’t normally considered Mensa material, but becoming immersed in a game of football provides plenty of mental stimulation. When a fan watches a game, as one University of Chicago study showed, the same areas of the brain are activated as would be if that person were playing. This en
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