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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
PAUSE: Our very own Minecraft Deku tree.
Looking good old buddy. – Adnan Agha [via Reddit]
Thanks to Skyrim, gamers learn about nonviolent protest.
To this day, one key aspect of Deus Ex’s original brilliance still impresses people for its rarity: the fact that you could beat the game without killing a single person! A new piece in the Wall Street Journal suggests that this innovation may finally be becoming a larger trend: Videogames have long
Rap Map #9: Danny Brown
Once again it’s the Rap Map, where we talk to our favorite hip-hop artists about their favorite videogames. Danny Brown’s mixtape XXX was named hip-hop album of the year by SPIN Magazine. Fresh off a tour with Das Racist, Brown spoke with us about his early gaming experiences, how videogames inform
A chance to compose tracks for a new videogame shows that money is indeed still what Paul McCartney wants.
Well into his post-Beatles career, critics and purists have viewed Paul McCartney with varying degrees of suspicion for his particular ability to cash in his musical talent. According to a recent story in Express, he’s once again heading into uncharted territory to give his music a wider audience: T
PAUSE: The future of GameStop should look like Holland’s Selexyz bookstore.
As Amazon continues to subsume the retail industry whole and digital distribution platforms continue their climb, the question of what becomes of physical retailers like GameStop becomes a real question. The used-game giant purchased its way into the retail age by acquiring flash game portal Kongreg
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