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Double Dragon: Neon is just another HD remake
Double Dragon instantly conjures the 1980s. But part of the charm of 80s media is how unaware of its own awfulness it was. Taking the 80s out of Double Dragon and doing an HD remake of it just makes it worse. Mitch Dyer at IGN felt strongly that Double Dragon: Neon was too much like playing in an ar
Check out these awesome Czech playground designs inspired by Sputnik
Paige Johnson at Playscapes dug up some bizarre playground designs from Czechoslavakia in 1960. In searching for more information on the intriguing satellite-inspired play structure by Zden?k N?me?ek featured at the MoMA Century of the Child exhibition I found some fascinating references to a play
Robot Death Alert Level: Gunmetal Gray
Terrible news in the leadup to the robot wars: megacorp Google announced plans to fund radical life extention, cryogenics, and nanotechnology, and California legalized robot cars. I know ways to defeat the robots and I know places to hide from their steel prongs, but I’m Sarah Connor and you’re not.
Newton v. Galileo in ultimate historical grudge match of a board game
The worker-placement board game The New Science lets you play as one of five legendary scientists. Each turn requires dividing three action tokens between research, experimentation, or publishing. Players can learn about scientists’ conflicting motivations, and pretending to be Issac Newton sounds p
MUST READ: A history of Limbo
Over at Edge, a terrific look inside the development of 2010’s sad, funny, unforgettable indie smash, Limbo. The big quote, from creator Arnt Jensen: “I really enjoy getting rid of everything to see what works,” he says. “It should be working when it’s very naked and there’s nothing – no music or an
Do we play games to experience hardship?
The point of this Freakonomics podcast, “The Tale of the $15 Tomato”, is that …this movement towards doing our own labor, and pickling, and fancy food stuff that you do at home, I think that is really a sign of how spoiled we have all become. Our basic needs are so well taken care of that we need to
Kill Screen’s suggestions for making it through Yom Kippur
1. You’re fasting, so stay away from cooking games. 2. You’re repenting, so stay away from games that reward you or make you feel good. Anything with bright colors, bloopy sound effects, or loot. Dark Souls would be a good choice for today. 3. For being the bummer-bro of Jewish holidays, Yom Kippur
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