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Who actually owns the games we purchase on Steam?
News late last year of things like a potential widespread Steam hack and a frustrating Skyrim “patch” that just seemed create phony DRM for PC gamers gave rise to some suspicion of Valve’s innovative and ubiquitous platform. Rock, Paper, Shotgun takes this concern one step further in an alarming and
CHEAT SHEET 2/1/12: Kazuo Hirai’s promotion, THQ’s troubles and a new Humble Bundle with an added bonus
Back to work! Let’s check in with today’s mainstream gaming news! – Kazuo Hirai will soon replace Howard Stringer as Sony’s CEO and President. – THQ has been having some serious financial troubles which have led to massive layoffs and potentially being removed from NASDAQ. – The next Humble Indie bu
A 100 year old woman appreciates how the Nintendo DS keeps her mind active.
We tend to associate old people with, well, old games. But one woman had a different idea for how to settle into the triple digits: Kit, who turned 100 last week, only started playing video games at the age of 96, but she now relies on her DS console to keep her mind active. “The Nintendo has been a
What does fan fiction have in common with improv? Joyful play!
Lev Grossman at TIME has a deep look into the world of fan fiction, a place where fans act as authors and take their favorite characters from film, television, and beyond to new narrative environments: Fan-fiction writers aren’t plagiarists who can’t come up with their own ideas, and they’re not all
Kickstarter of the Day: "Doggie and Me" transports kids to another world.
Elaine Edwards wants to make an interactive eBook for the iPad called “Doggie and Me”. She writes, With the ‘Doggie & Me’ story, I want to teach kids the importance of sharing a bond. I believe when children grow up with pets- particularly dogs, they learn the importance of building kind, loving re
With Pushmo for 3DS, Nintendo actually finds a good use for QR codes
QR codes—the black-and-white, bar code-esque emblems found in magazine adverts and on blogs—aren’t good for much. The Atlantic recently chided the strange squares, calling them “the roller-skating horses of advertising.” Though they are meant to convey information to your smartphone via its camera,
Should you take Madden’s Super Bowl predictions seriously?
EA Sports’ Madden football juggernaut has accurately predicted the winner of the Super Bowl six out of eight times since 2004. What’s even more impressive is that the game predicted that the Giants and Patriots would be in the Super Bowl at the beginning of this season. This year, Madden is saying t
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