A quick primer on 3D sound, or how to create convincing worlds in virtual reality
Finally, audio that appreciates for your innate denseness.
Some madcap designer made a roguelike that’s controlled by a synthesizer
The novelty of Crypt of the NecroDancer is that it spins the cruelty of the roguelike into a beat-matching formula. You have to hop across the grid-based dungeons and attack the beasts that get in your way to a rhythm. Looking at it now, Crypt of the NecroDancer is probably the friendliest way to in
The latest, swankiest flashlight design is inspired by a royal scepter
Brendan Keim was walking through the National Portrait Gallery in London last September when he stumbled upon a painting of a man with a long thin scepter. Intrigued, he snapped a photo and quickly sketched the object in his sketchbook, along with a note that it could make a pretty interesting light
One of the longest surviving Mexican tribes to get its own videogame
Preserving the Rarámuri culture through a videogame.
Deus Ex Machina: The 30-year-old arthouse videogame that time forgot
Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Mel Croucher’s Deus Ex Machina is how unremarkable it is. Although, that’s not quite true. Created way back in 1984, it’s among the first videogames to give rise to the “is it a game?” debate, while its author asserted its position as a piece of art and an “inte
The lucid dreams of Cylne
Can a videogame be a poem? Does it matter?
Why does this art smell like fish?
For art, smell is the alternate VR
20XX, or, the limits of esports
Super Smash Bros. players have envisioned the death of the game.
Virtual reality may be coming to the courtroom
Most people do not want to be picked for jury duty. You have to take time off work. You’re made to sit around for hours. Wouldn’t it be better if jury duty consisted of exploring Link’s childhood village from Ocarina of Time in virtual reality? Jury duty is unlikely to ever boil down to playing vid
Announcing a free monthly public arcade at the Ace Hotel
What are you doing March 31?
A new game aims to reclaim one of our most taboo words
Play a female sexuality drawing game too scandalous to even mention by name.
Sature proves that painting and turn-based strategy can get along
Ian Sundstrom has managed the impossible. At least, in my mind he has. He has found a connection between painting and turn-based strategy. My mental landscape positions these two concepts at polar opposites: painting is joyous and expressive, while turn-based strategy is stern and composed. One is a
Chappie is a terrible, terrible, important movie
Perhaps the most unintelligent film about artificial intelligence ever made.
A game about American railway bridges collapsing isn’t as absurd as it seems
There’s a moment in every child’s life, when posing as an amateur builder, when they realize a simple but fundamental principle of design: things work better when you stagger them. In bricklaying, Lego or otherwise, the staggering of joints is called a running bond. In Mark Ellis: Train Bridge Inspe
On Final Fantasy XV and "the real world"
Behemoth, meet bald eagle.
This week’s Playlist pick: Sound System II
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. SOUND SYSTEM II (BROWSER) BY PIPPIN BARR Music and videogames go together like peanut butter and jelly: the visceral experience of play magnified by an equally sensorial accompaniment. In So
TouchTone holds a mirror to our post-Snowden surveillance state
“If you solve something, say something.”
Learn to laugh at terrible stereotypes with this upcoming card game
We might all be terrible, but at least we can laugh about it with a card game.
Exploring Canal City, a Japanese mall straight outta Myst
Exploring Canal City, Japan’s mythically strange shopping plaza.
Red Flags is a card game of perfect partners and terrible dates
You meet the person of your dreams. They have everything you want in a partner: a love for dogs, the ability to write poetry that is not in any way embarrassing, unrivalled loyalty, and a yacht. There’s just one catch. This potential match calls you by their ex’s name. And this isn’t an isolated inc
Tormentum is a heavy-metal morality play
But what does it say about morality?
Simogo has released the first episode of their mystery podcast
More episodes to become available over the next three weeks.
Videogames and craft in a maker-filled world
A Two5Six sneak peek.
Meet the watch that predicts when you’ll die
Time is a flat circle?
Future Unfolding’s team want to bring back pure, unguided childish wonder
Rediscovering what the Zelda series lost.