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The Beginner’s Guide to the art of videogames
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A videogame about sacrificing townspeople to an unseen god
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The vast, lurid possibilities of PNG glitches
Glitch art is wonderful. It has the potential to be beautiful and horrifying. The best is often both at the same time. It’s got so popular now that most of us can appreciate glitch art on a visual level. But when it comes to talking about it, well, we don’t really have a clue. There isn’t an establi
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Design & punish: A review of Prison Architect
To punish less, but to punish better.
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Metal Gear Online glitches result in a beautiful papery garden
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The how and why of e-lit: a creator speaks to poetry of the digital age
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