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Can games solve the hunger crisis?
Freerice, an online game that offers players a chance to earn free meals for those in impoverished nations, has launched in China, users a chance to hone their English skills while helping to provide rice to those in need in China and other parts of Asia. “We have always believed in the Internet as
Finding postcard-worthy beauty in game designers’ afterthoughts
Steam Postcards is a Tumblr that posts game screenshots taken by Iain Andrews. Unlike most guys who take screenshots, Andrews isn’t interested in capturing action, characters, or even encapsulating gameplay. Instead, he takes shots of scenery, plaintive moments of quiet, computer-animated beauty. Ch
Like PONG? Live in Germany? Perfect!
Man, have we got the museum exhibit for you! The Computer Game Museum in Berlin is running a special exhibit on Atari’s 1972 classic arcade game PONG, considering the game’s social, political and cultural implications. They say: There is no other phenomenon that compacts the development lines of our
PAUSE: You should really go to Google and type in "do a barrel roll"
Trust us. Shouts out to the intern at CBS who successfully screencapped this, because I tried and failed like a thousand times. (For the record, this is a trope from Star Fox 64 and later 4chan for those of you who don’t know.) -Drew Millard
What did Michael Jackson and Muammar el-Qaddafi have in common?
Besides a predilection towards wearing crazy military uniforms, of course. This is sort of insane, but Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi used to have an amusement park at his compound. The New York Times has the whole sad, surreal story of the the aftermath of his fallout in Libya. -Drew Millard
Kill Screen curated a section of the upcoming issue of Billboard
What is the future of music and games? Billboard asks Kill Screen to give their outlook in multi-page spread. Oh, music games! Whither the mighty Guitar Hero and Rock Band! For the answer, Billboard kindly asked us put on our prognostication hat and look at the future of games. (Excellent timing sin
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