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Kicktraq is the best way to follow Kickstarter campaigns
We know, we know, we tell you about a lot of Kickstarter projects. They can be hard to keep track of, particularly lower profile campaigns. It can also be hard to discern how feasible a project’s funding goal is. Kicktraq changes that. This website presents, in easy-to-decipher graphs and statistics
2013 looks brutal for Wii U, rosy for PlayStation
Gameranx has published a helpful breakdown of the notable releases of 2013 by system, and the big takeaway is: Wii U owners, I hope you like watching TVii. There simply aren’t any major exclusive titles to get excited about, other than maybe Pikmin 3. Wii U, which distinctly lacks a killer bundled a
"It’s very seldom that you see a player not care about what token represents them on the game board."
-Monopoly expert Philip Orbanes on Hasbro’s “Save Your Token” campaign. On February 5 the piece with the lowest numer of fan votes – be it car, iron, dog, wheelbarrow, shoe, top hat, thimble or battleship – will be permanently retired and replaced with a toy robot, a helicopter, a cat, a guitar or a
Why is the lead writer of Dragon Age fed up with superfans?
David Gaider, the lead writer of BioWare’s Dragon Age series, has taken to his Tumblr to bemoan the increasingly venomous conversation among the games’ super-fans on the Bioware Social Network. Gaider writes, The signal-to-noise ratio does seem to be worsening, and eventually you get the feeling lik
Turn your old Game Boy into an Android gamepad with this clever hack
This announcement didn’t make it to CES, but it’s no less nifty. Brian Benchoff at Hackaday devised a clever scheme to reuse his old Game Boy for Android gaming. After gutting an old DMG-01, [Chad] set to work turning the D-pad and buttons in the Game Boy into something his Galaxy Nexus could unders
Other things you could buy with the $1300 Razer wants for its "Pro" gaming tablet
Yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Show, Razer announced the specifications for its gaming tablet, “Edge.” (No article; U2 string section be damned.) The “Pro” “Edge” will cost $1300 dollars (the base model will run you one G). Here are some things you could buy with that money, if you choose not
Control the Imperial thumb in Caesar’s Day Off
The rules of Indie Speed Run are simple: “Make a playable game in only 48 hours. Face judgment by industry professionals and your peers. Win loot.” Caesar’s Day Off, created by Benedikt Hummel, Marius Fietzek and Sabrina Winter for, is also simple. You play as the Roman Emperor, and you can do two t
Ever wanted to play The Game of Life set in the copper age? Here’s 7 Grand Steps
Imagine a digital version of The Game of Life set in ancient Egypt. That’s 7 Grand Steps, a historical-family-dynasty board game of sorts. In the free demo, you move pieces (characters) across a spinning wheel with tokens corresponding to Copper Age skills like brewing, writing, and masonry. Landing
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