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In The Jimi Hendrix Case, only Jimi Hendrix can solve Jimi Hendrix’s murder
He’s Hendrix, she’s Hendrix, you’re Hendrix, I’m Hendrix.
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Galak-Z reminds us that nostalgia can be a force for good
A game built on 80s anime feels like a thoroughly 2015 game.
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The weird abandoned spaces of virtual worlds
I went to college in a rolling campus up on a forested hill, where the woods served as a playground on bored Sunday evenings, and frequent late-night power outages meant sneaking into empty administrative buildings, or finally searching for that deserted amphitheater tucked away in the forest, resig
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The records of Super Hexagon’s soundtrack may make you rethink the whole game
Spin it round and round, but avoid the sharp edges.
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Speed is coming back as a NES videogame
Alright, pop quiz. A videogame with all the fun of a movie and none of its flab, what do you do?
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Pledge undying loyalty to Kill Screen and get free stuff
We are giving things away and seeking immortality.
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Don’t get fighting games? Rising Thunder may be for you
Now a Shoryuken is just a button press away
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The legacy of Metal Gear’s virtual worlds
The upcoming Volume pays tribute to Hideo Kojima’s essential “training” missions.
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Shape of the World wants players to take the road less traveled
Don’t follow the yellow brick road.
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Making sense of the endless reflections of Her Story
Her Story, explained.
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Piece your life together by piecing together broken pottery
I have but one question to ask about puzzles: if at some point a creator had a complete picture, why on earth would they smash it into pieces just so we would have to do more work before enjoying it? Kintsukuroi, an Android “experiment” by Chelsea Saunders, attempts to answer this question. It takes
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The Blair Witch Project of videogames comes out September 1st
There was a trilogy of Blair Witch games back in the early 2000s but they missed the point. The 1999 movie worked because it blurred the line between reality and horror. Before the film even came out, the low-key website detailed the fake legend itself and presented its actors as real documentary ma