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Kinect being used to efficiently surveil people without their knowledge
We all know we live in a future-shock security state with dwindling privacy and an increasingly tenuous grasp of our rights, but at least we have sweet, innocent videogames. Videogames which would never be used to spy on us, right? WRONG! A security surveillance firm is using Microsoft’s Kinect to a
The president is campaigning inside Madden 2013
We think of our president as a basketball guy, but he’ll be asking for your vote in Madden this fall. Barack may be going for another term as president, but someone should let the guy know that DC, for the time being at least, is a monarchy. All hail Robert the Third!
This indie developer wants games to be spectator sports
A wonderful read from Leigh Alexander at Gamasutra, about Ramiro Corbetta, the maker of Hokra, a “minimalist digital sports game.”
Le’Shanah Tovah to the Jews of gaming!
Welcome to the year 5773! We celebrate with apples, honey, this list of the greatest Jewish videogame characters ever, and a shoutout, Adam Sandler-style, to three very special Jews who have made enormous contributions to our gaming lives. 1. Ralph Baer. The “Father of Videogames” escaped Nazi Germa
"I hope we can get some of the "dudebro" out of Gears"
A revelation in an otherwise vanilla Reddit Ask-Me-Anything with Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski.
Enchant U actually about enchanting him.
Confession: I am a huge fan of simulation games. There’s something about building up my stats over time and then being able to win the harvest cooking contest that I love. It’s kind of a niche genre, so I was a little surprised to see Enchant U, a stat-building wizard boarding school simulation for
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