Will a game designer ever win a MacArthur "genius" grant?
918 awards, none to games
The Art of the Algorithm exhibition aims to make hidden systems viewable
London Design Festival takes aim at understanding big data.
Oral Perspectives lets you walk a day in a mouth in virtual reality
Jaw-dropping work from Alec McClure.
The cat drinking fountain that actually exists and can be bought with actual dollars
Premium, hand-crafted cat furniture.
Poor old Kinect is finding new life as a scientific assistant
Well, it’s good to see it busy.
Get intimate with Barfcade Jam’s romantic puking games
There’s nothing more romantic than puking together.
How a group of players cracked open Quake 3 and found a new way to play
We could learn a lot from the trickjumping movement.
Playlist: a trio of new videogames to delight you this week
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist email here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. REPRISAL UNIVERSE (PC AND MAC) BY ELECTROLYTE You are Thallos, a mighty warrior with a large tribe and powerful elemental totems. The world is yours … until your jealous siblings act all evil-s
You could have played Pong on a giant Olafur Elíasson building
What better way to honor one of the world’s first videogames?
A city’s emotional tweets render vibrant 3D paintings
What mood does your city paint?
Watch the director of ID@Xbox deliver an exuberant love-letter to modern videogames
This is the face of a man that’s very excited to help you make your game.
If everything is interactive, then nothing is interactive
Clicking on this article or any other prompt is not “interactive.”
Are you high? ChildGod996 thinks so
“My goal is to lead the world into balance and harmony via the universal language of art.”
A Comprehensive History of Low-Poly Art, Pt. 3
How the low-poly aesthetic extends the timeless ideals of Modern art.
The Bézier Game trains you to use a common Photoshop tool
Method of Action’s new learning game aims for the design set.
British art installation unleashes disembodied shadows
The sun sets on Bristol, a not-so-sleepy city in the southwest of England. Like any other day, as the sun sets, the city lights will come on. Unlike any other day, 8 of those lights will actively capture your shadow and then replay it for passersby. Though that might sound like witchcraft, it’s actu
Reviving the "uncomfortable dream geometry" of King’s Field
Oneiric Gardens is the videogame equivalent of playing a ‘feel box’ game Here’s a game that recaptures the feel of “uncomfortable dream geometry” in King’s Field
I still believe in Destiny
Bungie’s epic is strange, beautiful, and infuriating.
A comprehensive history of low-poly art, Pt. 2
Our exploration of the new modern continues.
Missed Digital Revolution at the Barbican? Play with Drawn Together instead.
Universal Everything’s collaborative animation app lives on in app form.
The makers of Surgeon Simulator want to teach you algebra
Learn what really goes on inside a calculator.
If "We’re all nerds now," then no one is. Good.
What’s left to rage against?
Sketches from Radiohead’s Polyfauna app highlight the creative process
Say the words “Radiohead” and “new music” almost anywhere and you are bound to attract attention. Maybe even a lot of attention. So when I heard that Radiohead’s interactive wandering app, PolyFauna, from developer Universal Everything, was not only being updated but also that it had 8 new tracks th
Voidscapes are the final frontier of videogames
What’s past the invisible wall?