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Can software piracy actually help the games industry instead of hurt it?
Over at PC World, Benj Edwards has made an argument supporting piracy, not just because it is the popular thing to do but because it preserves our cultural history. The article analyzes how obsolescence and medium shifts have lead to software’s short halflife. Pirates have kept alive several of thes
Can gaming help us identify our own good ideas?
Probably! Or anything that give you some temporal separation from what you’ve just created. Wired reported on a study that used a videogames to create an artificial buffer between the time ideas were generated and the time they were evaluated: 112 university students were given two minutes to come u
Who’s going to kickstart the "slow gaming" movement?
Why does everyone rush through games, anyway? Sometimes it seems like it’s too much “On to the Next One” and not enough “Never Change,” to put it in terms of Jay-Z songs. Luckily for everyone, there’s the new “slow” movement, which basically tells us to stop and look around every once and a while. B
Award for best videogame title goes to "aliensthatlooklikescrillex.tumblr.com"
This past weekend was Art Hack Day and by far, one of our favorite entrants comes from a team of employees from image-sharing community start-up Canv.as. The title is: “aliensthatlooklikeskrillex.tumblr.com” Yes, that’s the title but also the name of the actual tumblr that’s about the game. I know,
Sweet Dreams Are Made of Beasts: Ken Rolston on the essence of role-playing.
Ken Rolston speaks with a freedom earned from more than three decades designing games. He began his career working on tabletop role-playing games from Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer, and later moved into videogame design, his career capped with The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and The Elder Scroll
The World Series of Beer Pong. Not just for lushes.
The well-known drinking game Beer Pong originated at Dartmouth College. It was purportedly created by students who wanted to combine a love for table tennis with an equal love for fermented beverages. The sport is still popular on campuses, and players compete annually in the World Series of Beer Po
PAUSE: Link’s Re-awakening is an HD remake we’d like to see.
With all the HD remakes coming out recently, this is one direction I wouldn’t mind seeing more games head in. – Adnan Agha [Deviant Art via Reddit]
Kickstarter of the Day: Play magical UNO with this fairy-tale deck of cards!
Arthur Rackham was a talented artist who probably illustrated that beautiful Fairytale book your grandparents keep on their top shelf. His art might also be the reason people get night terrors. If Ruth Miller has her way, you’ll be able to play UNO or Poker with Goldilocks and Rumplestiltskin. Her K
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