Woah Dave! is simple, compulsive and sinister
The arcade as muse.
On Nintendo’s new sleep monitor
Or: Does Mario dream of electric cheep-cheeps?
This thread devoted to videogame scanlines is a reason to wake up in the morning
“Scanline screenshot thread. Because 240p is all the p’s I need.” Thus begins NeoGAFfer Peltz’s thread devoted to capturing pre-HD games using pre-HD equipment. Now at 6 pages and over 250 posts, scanning through is a coffee-break-long crash course in the ongoing defetishization of high-definition e
Mediterranean Voidland transports you to a virtual slice of paradise
A low-poly marvel.
A chat with Simogo’s Simon Flesser about their new Sailor’s Dream
Breaking the silence.
Sunset Overdrive thinks punk rock began with Blink-182
A Hot Topic universe.
The beautiful augmented reality dreamscape of Wuxia the Fox
Eight years ago, around the time when the word “transmedia” first started getting tossed around, Jonathan Belisle began collecting his dreams into an ill-defined storyworld. “I started writing the story of a young girl named Oremia, who dreamed about whales. It was nothing structured. Mostly an aggr
Sit around gassing Lone Star beers and mumbling about the universe in INGONGA
Like everyone else, I liked True Detective. But I loved it for awhile there, namely the first four episodes: the relentless, pitch-black tenor, the delirious, psychedelic colors, and the subtlety of its New Orleans neo-voodoo noir. It pretty much hit that big episode-four tracking shot—which, in the
What happens when computers can tell how we’re feeling?
Games will soon use new 3D camera technology to pull our emotions into play.
Joi Ito wants you to play more
Disobedience is good for you.
Forza 2 and the lust for cars
On the desirability of a machine.
The heartache of a breakup in videogame vignettes
If the immediate seconds following a breakup were a videogame, this would be it.
Tales from the Borderlands shoots second, asks questions first
Pandora with fewer explosions is still pretty much Pandora.
Silent Hill 2’s endings aren’t what you want, but what you deserve
Or: Why I’ve never seen “In Water.”
Just in time for the holidays, a videogame that guilts you like your family
I swear to GOD Grandma, can you just listen to me for once in your life?? You Never Call is the family guilt trip we all need to revisit. Bring the family back together (even if it kills you) in You Never Call.
Mineblock Kickstarts its way to a kid-friendly Minecraft experience
Griefers be gone!
Eitr’s trailer recalls the pitch-black world of Diablo II
The Gothic masterpiece that was Diablo II, the one that I willingly gave away much of my youth to, was perhaps most notable because of its atmosphere. It was a shadowy world, brown lands fading into a black background, full of occult sacrifices, lo-fi gore and legions of grotesque demons. Horror loo
Republique shows that tablets can tell emotional, realistic stories
All it takes is a good actor to bring a story alive.
You can only play Kentucky Route Zero’s third interlude by dialing this phone number
The mysteries, they multiply.
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This trailer for Event[0] reminds us that AI is evil and will kill us all
“Oh, sorry, I thought you said ‘cut off my oxygen’ not ‘open door D6.'” Nonsensical conversations with AI becomes dire in the gameplay trailer for Event.
Vektor thinks mega-cities aren’t all that rad after all
Future-hell in the year 199X.
Wandering the hypnagogic kaleidoscope with Parasomnia
The 2010 sf/slasher hybrid Beyond the Black Rainbow was the best argument for shooting on film since…well, since the days where there was no other option. Directed by first-timer Panos Cosmatos (son of George P. Cosmatos, director of the hands-down best movie where Sylvester Stallone eats pizza with
Helix is a game about looping and looping and looping and-
Ugly and abrasive and resplendent in its placeholder-chic graphics.
Three new games to get you through the work week
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. VEKTOR (iOS) BY CAGIL BEKTAS There’s never been an Akira videogame, but Vektor fits the mold. It’s a bite-sized cybercycling head rush, cleverly using tilt controls to accelerate as well as tu