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Today on KS: What are the moral categories of game players?
The first from our new ethics columnist Dustin Locke, an assistant professor of philosophy in at Claremont McKenna College, who looks at the different styles of ethical play in games: In addition to Restraints and Rules, however, there is a third R of gameplay control: Wrongs. These are the ethical
Press Play: Kill Screen on NPR on "Madden Curse"
Host Michele Norris speaks to Jamin Warren, co-founder of the video game magazine Kill Screen, about the cover of the wildly popular Madden Football game series. It’s a big honor for a football player to make the cover of the game. But if you believe fans – and even some players – once you’re on tha
April 26, 2011, 10:45 am
PAUSE: Susan Thai’s “Yves Klein” Based on the French artis Yves Klein’s Le Saut dans le Vide (Leap into the Void) More of Thai’s work here.
Andy Warhol: The Game
First, the Great Gatsby. Now the pop artist. [via]
Can you "gamify" the Jihad?
Fast Company has an excellent piece today on how jihadist sites are using gamification techniques that have been all the rage these days. The interview stars security consultants Jarret Brachman and Alix Levine who also wrote a piece for Foreign Policy on the subject: Did any jihadist sites you enco
The Big Ten: Your Videogame Cheat Sheet for 4/26
It’s hard to keep up with mainstream gaming news, so we’ll do the heavy lifting for you. Here are ten things that happened yesterday in the world of games: 1. Deus Ex: Human Revolution composer says “transhumanist” themes inspired the score. 2. The Infamous 2 beta was extended due to ongoing PlaySta
Hot new school game for kids? Ask your grandmother. (It’s Bridge.)
Forget Pokemon. The Times reports on an uptick of bridge among school kids. Their efforts to promote bridge among students have helped revive a game that peaked in popularity in the years after World War II, and have redefined it from a leisurely pastime for the elderly to a game fit for intersch
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