Announcing the Intel Two5six Scholar program
“Why wouldn’t anyone want to learn more about the intersection between media, gaming and technology?”
Cyclothymia shows us how to deal with a mental health issue through astrology
This is not the first time Kara Stone has talked about mental health through a videogame. Previously, she had us participate in the rituals that her doctor prescribed—taking medicine, breathing exercises, practising absolute somatic control—in MedicationMeditation. Now, with her latest game, Cycloth
#Notifications reveals how Twitter dehumanizes us all
There’s no winning the Twitter battle in #Notification Twitter toxicity finally gets its own hellish, never ending runner #Notifications reminds us to see the human behind the troll Get caught in the catch-22 of a Twitter mob in #Notifications
Blade Runner 9732 brings Deckard’s futuristic apartment to virtual reality
Kicking it back in electronic dreams of the future.
Tune into this psychedelic wonderland and never want to leave
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. GARDENARIUM (Windows, Mac, Linux) BY PALOMA DAWKINS AND KYLER KELLY People have wondered about the potential healing properties of psychedelics ever since Timothy Leary tried curing alcoholic
I am Bread, and I am terrible
Know true destructive force at last as a baked good.
Everything you ever feared about conversation now exists in game form
In Menagerie, the conversation never ends. Menagerie physically traps you in conversation. Welcome to Menagerie, the networking event from hell.
Bloodborne and the history of horror
Want to understand Bloodborne? Read this.
You can now experience the pure joy of Metamorphabet in your browser
Today’s kids are digital natives; they have been engaging with technology since they were very young. Many studies have been published about the benefits of interactive learning through technology in early childhood. As a result, educators have adjusted their pedagogy to include digital and interact
The stock market’s roller coaster metaphor becomes literal thanks to VR
The stock market, which is a representation of transactions and not a physical reality, is commonly described as a roller coaster. The reasons for this are understandable: that fun thing you ride at the amusement park sounds way cooler than “the aggregation of buyers and sellers,” even if that’s wha
Elsinore won’t be your typical high school study group’s take on Hamlet
Timeless tragedy.
Try to master the peculiar lingo of Victorian-era cockney slang in this videogame
Key to acquiring mastery of a foreign language is putting what you learn into practice. The red-faced pressure that overcomes you when trying to speak, say, French to a perplexed native speaker forces your brain to spew out something French-like. Eventually, with enough of this traumatic practice un
What videogame RPGs could learn from Community
Remember the beginning of Skyrim? Yeah, neither do we.
Never forget the surreal delight of Chuck E. Cheese with these old photographs
It was around 7 p.m. on a Sunday night when a mob of raucous adults turned violent at the local Chuck E. Cheese in Parma, Ohio. A woman attending a birthday party there complained that the photo booth wasn’t working. When the manager told her she would have to wait, one of the men from the party fol
Broken Age and the adventure of growing up
There is a subversive message behind Double Fine’s gorgeous parable.
FateOS examines how social media was used as a weapon during the Arab Spring
What ancient Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu emphasized throughout his influential military strategy book The Art of War was the importance of information. He wrote: “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” His argument is that being in the know puts
Explore a breakup through the lonely apartment left in its wake
One of the strangest and most difficult changes that comes with breaking up is the newfound distance between you and the person you’ve shared so much of yourself with. Breaking up doesn’t just replace closeness with separation. Closeness is replaced by a sudden and violent severing, an unbridgeable
How a mountain and an octocat help us find peace on the Internet
Mountain and Octocat tell the story of life on the Internet
Don’t know how tedious passing a bill can be? Experience it with this satirical quiz
Growing up in a city crawling with politically questionable leaders and spending most of my adulthood in America’s capital has clearly had some kind of positive affect on me. I became a Congresswoman and successfully passed a bill (on my third try!), all by being a completely passive wet noodle. Cli
Mystic Stickup has a plan to solve crime…with hypnotism
You’re walking down an alley alone at night when a hoodlum—a hoodlum with exposed biceps, no less!—demands that you hand over your money. What do you do? The obvious answer is to just hand over the money. It isn’t worth risking your life for a small portion of your net worth. But, as a million Batma
Sh*t as language in Domestic Dog Simulator
The Legend of Zelda of dogs.
Mason Lindroth’s new game celebrates the malleability of his beloved clay
The most convincing argument for playing a Mason Lindroth game is increasingly becoming “because it’s a Mason Lindroth game.” Although you cannot predict what his next videogame will involve you can, at least, guess that it will be made of clay. Everything from hanging overgrowth coiled up into thin
Honeysuckle lets you explore the feminine side of nostalgic videogames
Growing up as a girl.