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Going undercover in a virtual party game
How party game dynamics are influenced by a virtual space.
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Cloud Chasers-A Journey of Hope, and the game mechanics of migration
Cloud Chasers—A Journey of Hope is a pretty game about migration, which is to say that it’s a visually appealing game about the great many ways in which this world is wretched. In a post-apocalyptic world—aren’t all words basically post-apocalyptic at this point?—a farmer and his daughter cannot go
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Technology fit for the edge of the world
An explorer and a cellphone venture into the wild to make medicine out of poison
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What effect do different drugs have on the Mario Maker levels you create?
Let’s face it, Mario doesn’t make much sense. He’s an Italian plumber living in a fantasy mushroom world which is populated by living toadstools and constantly under attack from a turtle dragon. Fans usually excuse this psychedelic setting out of an appreciation for the series’ gameplay and an exhau
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Sage Solitaire’s new game mode lets you take the ultimate gamble
Sage Solitaire’s True Grit mode brings the intensity of Diablo’s Hardcore mode to smartphones Is Solitaire not tense enough for you? Try Sage Solitaire’s new Vegas mode. Every game counts in Sage Solitaire’s latest update Know when to stop or get kicked out of the casino in Sage Solitaire’s True
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Videogames are helping to keep the symphony orchestra afloat
But they’re still considered to be the ugly stepsister.
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Save Brooklyn from the British before saving it from itself in this videogame
Believe it or not, Brooklyn existed before the days of beard wax, tasting menus, and lazy trendpiece shorthand. Brooklyn 1776, which launches for iOS next week, is about those earlier days. Much earlier. August 1776 was not a calm time in American history. George Washington (maybe you’ve heard of h
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Subterfuge is a strategy game for parents and busy people
A game that plays around you.
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The world of Else Heart.Break() is yours to hack
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. Else Heart.Break() (PC, Mac, Linux) BY Erik Svedang Life kinda sucks until you find out you can hack the world. That’s been the through line of a lot of cyberpunk and hacker fiction over the
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Pain is Temporary; Quitting Lasts Forever
The American dream and The Swindle. Winners and losers in Donald Trump’s America. Videogames reinforce the American Dream: that hard work eventually equals success
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An evening at the Kaleidoscope VR film festival
Does VR cinema currently have any worth?
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Knossu finds the horror in non-euclidean architecture
Knossu‘s wall textures sizzle as if they’ve been half-cooked on a frying pan. It’s like someone went nuts with the spray paint tool in Microsoft Paint and the most garish colors they could find. Have you ever bitten into something that was way too sour? Imagine that vigorous and unbearable taste car