A robot as a coworker isn’t actually as terrifying as it may seem
robots are our friends!
"Work is essential. The Rifle is Near": Metroidvania and the Call of Pervasive Work
How a couple of classics outline the hard work of play.
Here comes a touch-screen Super Meat Boy
On August 19th, wunderkind duo Team Meat announced they would be unveiling a new game at PAX Prime 2014 called A Voyeur for September. This was surprising for two reasons: first, everyone assumed Team Meat would be showing up with Mew-Genics, their mad scientist/cat lady simulator. Second, this new
The robots know what we’re feeling now
Robots can now read frowny faces.
Harmonix envisions a 1990s futurescape in A City Sleeps
I envision a short-hair-era Angelina Jolie gliding in on a hoverboard, clad in Chemical Brothers-orange cargo pants, to deliver this idea to the minds of Harmonix Studios. Their surprise announcement of A City Sleeps is a gnarly throwback to all things ’90s: Treasure-style shooters, a character name
Awesome scientists trying to figure out if we live in a hologram
Most people will not argue with you when you say that we live in a digital society. But the world we live in might actually be a lot more digital than we know. It might be digital to the point where the whole thing is actually just a really complicated hologram. That’s not a very complicated and unn
Think daytime TV is weird? Try flicking through Lullaby’s channels
An eternal question, answered: “what’s on the other channel?”
Watch this augmented reality game make London’s Barbican Estate an epic playspace
Can games help re-appropriate underused urban spaces?
It’s time to reconsider Alpha Protocol
Diving back into Obisidan’s ethical black hole.
Here comes Miegakure to explain the 4th dimension
Miegakure is one of those magical games that seems to come out from the ether and pierce the veil of our mundane existences. That’s not an exaggeration: Miegakure looks that good. It’s even less of an exaggeration when you consider that one of the main appeals to the game is that you can actually pi
Heartwarming 50s television spot explains why games are good for you
The evidence is in.
Human Harp lends grace to industrial spaces
Di Mainstone is an artist whose work bridges the gap between sculpture and the human body. She entwines the two, creating wearable, touchable, playable apparatuses that range from pulsing Cronenberg-style bioforms to a neck-mounted motion-based instrument that transforms its wearer into a one-woman
Exploring the hidden worlds inside old cassette tapes
What memories do cassette tapes bring back? Prepare to enter them “purposely scratching up the tape and then re-entering the world as it degenerates”
A new Madden ignores and confronts all the NFL’s problems
How much reality should we demand from our videogames?
The secret behind Angry Birds’ and Clash of Clans’ success
Is there something in the water in Helsinki?
Three games to play this week
Three videogames to play this week.
Amazon’s Twitch purchase isn’t just about games. It’s about public consumption.
You are what you buy what you play.
Xenoblade Chronicles X will be five times bigger than its already-huge predecessor
To a small but very vocal group of people, 2012’s Xenoblade Chronicles was like an all-you-can-eat buffet in the middle of a desert. After the JRPG’s much-ululated decline in popularity and relevance, it was a sprawling, goofy, giving game, with vistas that just continued opening up, revealing new p
Sit by the fire and listen to The Lion’s Song
A meditative Ludum Dare entry conjures the spirits of de Palma and von Trier.
The lovely Moon Hunters wants to bring ritual back to modern society
“Stories in games share the oral tradition’s tendency toward dynamic, action-oriented, and branching narratives.”
Floppy disk portraits remind us that one day we’ll be outdated and discarded too
Useless junk has feelings too!
I played Swing Copters for an hour and all I got was this lousy sense of depression
Also some medals, a new hat, etc.
Whiteout brings you closer to the mysticism of Antarctica
You have flags, a campfire, and warm clothing. Now, explore Antarctica “In Whiteout, I was forced into the same frosty solitude as my character.”
Forget videogames: All-in-One devices may be the future of boardgames
Things get interesting at the intersection of tablet and tabletop.
Amazon’s Twitch acquisition shows games are still cultural underachievers
Ignore games at your own peril.