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Man with ironic name gets nabbed for counterfeiting games
Lawmen gave Justin Success-Brooks more than two years in jail for selling counterfeit Nintendo games. Success-Brooks, of Foxley Lane, Purley, sold thousands of games cartridges for Nintendo’s DS and DSi handheld consoles including a “very substantial” trade with buyers in China, Croydon Crown Court
How playing Halo 4 is like being Odysseus
The Odyssey isn’t just a story. It’s Odysseus retelling this story of the adventures he undertook. True to the nature of the epic poem, Odysseus takes poetic license with details. At Play the Past, Roger Travis argues that players of Halo 4 have a similar retelling each time they pass through the ga
Confronting autism with videogames
Autism is still very much a mystery. Its cause is largely unknown, and has been inaccurately attributed to many things. It is a spectrum disorder and the way it manifests itself differs greatly from person to person. For those with high functioning autism, navigating the social world can be a baffli
The game that asks: which has better gender politics, Assassin’s Creed or Mass Effect?
Instead of talking about the games you like, Local No. 12’s Metagame asks you to discuss the games you disliked or felt “meh” about. The comparisons Metagame makes aren’t just “which is better,” but specific questions like “which is more tragic?” Nico Dicecco at Medium Difficulty articulates how the
Spin the Bottle could be your new favorite Wii U drinking game
Well, I’m not sure there are any other Wii U drinking games although technically everything could be a drinking game if you’re on the AA fast track. Anyway, some of the folks that worked on office fave B.U.T.T.O.N and Jones dance the world are collaborating on a new title with an adorable suggestive
Montagues Mount is the brooding English countryside horror you’ve been waiting for
I don’t spend a toooon of time on Indiegogo but Montagues Mount is a total gem that might miss its mark. Irish game designer Matthew Clifton is taking the dark greys of homeland and sending a Dear Esther vibe along its hills. Any game named after the house that Romeo hailed from has to be a tragedy,
Portal Puzzle Maker helps kids understand "speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out"
The level editor for Portal 2, Puzzle Maker, is suprisingly easy to use. It reduces the many variables involved in a Portal level to a few intuitive controls. The game also helps players use their intuitive understanding of physics to solve puzzles. Educators loved it, and there are already lots of
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