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Puzzler Gateway an indie platformer mechanic mash-up.
The indie puzzler Gateway combines a plethora of game device tropes, portals, gravity manipulation, self-shadows, and does so unapologetically. David Johnston, the game’s creator, acknowledges the influence of other games: It helps me to see what other ideas people have tried and what works as a gam
Pulitzer-winning author Junot Díaz explains why videogames suck at writing female characters
From an interview in the Atlantic this week: The Atlantic: It sounds like you’re saying that literary “talent” doesn’t inoculate a writer—especially a male writer—from making gross, false misjudgments about gender. You’d think being a great writer would give you empathy and the ability to understand
Qrth-phyl is basically Snake in 3D, on the hunt for vowels
What if you could play Snake in 3D? The new qrth-phyl, by Hermit Games, is basically a 3D version of the arcade and cell phone classic, but the levels are random. Jeffrey Matulef on Eurogamer explains: Qrth-phyl features self-generating code, so the challenges won’t play out the same way twice, and
Microsoft wants to literally surround you with videogames
Mircrosoft recently filed a patent for an “Immersive Display Experience” to make a virtual game room. The detailed description states that images outside of the HD display could engage a player’s peripheral vision. It definitely sounds like a Kinect 2.0 that would be more group-friendly than a VR he
There is a game where you play as a starving Russian stray dog
Moscow stray dogs have learned to ride the subway and startle folks into dropping their food by barking. If that doesn’t work, they’ll beg for food from sympathetic girls. The strange strategy of Russian street dogs inspired a Pirate Kart game called Russian Subway Dogs. In this game, you play a do
Attention subway riders! iPhone 5 will deliver better graphics on a bigger screen
Apple revealed the latest iteration of their niche, hard-to-use, confusing and unpopular smartphone in San Francisco today, and there are a few takeaways for the small and elite handful of computer hackers that will use the iPhone 5 to play games: 1. A bigger screen means games will appear bigger. 2
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