Artpartment, in which you murder pop art, but pop art wins anyway
Andy Warhol, the videogame.
Sweden’s sexism test for games is a great idea
Godspeed, Dataspelsbranchen!
Brighten your day with these three mouse-only games
Keyboard, be gone!
Gabriel Knight and the birth of mature storytelling in games
Widening perspectives means abandoning “the target audience.”
John Darnielle tackles pen-and-paper RPGs and suicide in his debut novel
Wolf in White Van is a meditation on not knowing.
Jonathan Blow "names" next title "Game 3," may take 20 years to create
“Be like Gravity’s Rainbow,” Blow says.
One of the most innovative uses of multimedia storytelling this year is an ad for a big jeep
In which we have feelings about Land Rovers.
Who, exactly, is Persona 4 Arena Ultimax for?
A beginner-friendly orgy of fan service is a strange thing to be.
The dancing simulacra and psychedelic angst of Chameleon World
You’ll also find overgrown beetles with denim carapaces walking the streets.
NBA2K15 is both a marvelous basketball videogame and a douchebag simulator
The RPG and basketball genres come together.
Monument Valley’s expansion is just as lovely (and easy) as its predecessor
We talk to ustwo about evading the crow-people.
Finding light in the postapocalyptic New York of The Division
Ubisoft’s upcoming shooter dazzles, but to what end?
Relive the traumatic anxiety of being a child in Angst
Because who doesn’t miss those horrible, horrible times. It was the worst time of your life as a kid, and now it’s a videogame, scaring the crap out of you.
Why Netrunner matters
One of the singular cultural artifacts of our time is being played in a basement or game store near you.
Win an all-expense-paid trip to Revolutionary France in Assassin’s Creed Unity
Rising above the crowd in this year’s meta-epic.
Ace Hotel and The New York Times teach you how to solve crossword puzzles
Crossword puzzles are the perfect meditation for the modern logophile. Imagine a world where people could come together in a studio-like setting in order to solve crossword puzzles in complete harmony. Puzzles over poses. Coffee instead of yoga mats. Ace Hotel and the New York Times are hosting a wi
Dream of this week’s playlist pick
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These glitches turn Assassin’s Creed Unity into a grotesque worthy of Picasso and Goya
Liberté, Égalité, Terreur
That Dragon, Cancer expands its scope with Kickstarter relaunch
Joel Evan Green was diagnosed with a brain tumor at only twelve months of age. Doctors gave him four months to live. But he exceeded all medical expectations greatly, battling through multiple surgeries and another seven tumors. He lived on, strong, inside the sphere of love that his family had surr
A conversation with Jesse Schell, author of The Art of Game Design
Or: What does Disneyland have to do with The Last of Us?
Average Maria Individual, the game "ruining" your favorite classic on purpose
Mario, like so many other videogame heroes, is actually kind of a tyrant.
Street Art and the 8-Bit Cool
The 8-bit aesthetic is not a fast-track to relevance.
10 Things Only Millennials Will Understand About Pokemon
We are being baited, somehow.
Twitter bot makes low poly art on command
Won’t viciously subtweet you.
Create intense imagery, calming music with this playful visualizer
Become a great artist in, say, ten seconds.