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Cheat Sheet 5/25: A secret new Star Wars game teased, more Call of Duty trial acrimony, and Zone of the Enders sequel announced.
In anticipation of a long holiday weekend, the videogame world let us in on some of its many secrets today. -A new Star Wars game set to be announced next week, Geoff Keighley figuratively “blown away” by it. -Jason West and Vince Zampella talk about the history of their Call of Duty lawsuit against
Harry Potter gets a real-time intellectual property simulator in the form of a Kinect wand waving game.
video It’s heartbreaking to recall the circumstances of Harry Potter’s creation. Unemployed, divorced, and overwhelmed with the task of trying to raise a daughter, J. K. Rowling decided to write a sprawling cock-and-bull fable about a magical boy who gets sent away to wizard school, and learns the p
How one summer camp is turning ADHD treatment into a token-based achievement system.
Those suffering from ADHD find relief in medication, but the medication only relieves symptoms; it doesn’t treat them. One summer camp for children with ADHD offered training in social skill and attention and awarded children points for following rules. The children had to compare their points at th
Can Phil Fish make you cry? Find out June 12 when Indie Game: The Movie gets worldwide release.
After beginning life in 2010 as a humble Kickstarter project with a goal of $15,000, James Swirsky and Kisanne Pajot’s Indie Game: The Movie has finally secured a worldwide release on June 12. The movie will be “powered” by VHX, the very same company behind Kill Screen TV. For $9.95 you can watch it
Artist avoids the term "installation"; developers to abandon "art game"?
Photo from Buren’s new exibit Daniel Buren, a conceptual artist known for his use of stripes, has a new exhibit that uses glass, stone, and fabric to transform the Grand Palais into a kaleidoscope of color. Understandably, Buren sees all art as part of the society and location from which it springs:
Amalur writer R.A. Salvatore takes to internet comments to defend 38 Studios, makes big promises about Project Copernicus.
All good internet comments begin with some variation of, “I shouldn’t even be commenting here.” Fortunately, prolific fantasy novelist and writer of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, R. A. Salvatore, resisted his better instincts and made a series of lengthy posts about the state of 38 Studios in the w
Move over Xbox logo. The Noun Project brings icons into the 21rst century.
Icons in religious art are easily discernable depictions of deity and angels. For believers who didn’t have easy access to scriptures, icons were a way they could remind themselves who they worshipped. Now we have icons that represent not only religious figures, but are pictograms for anything that
PAUSE: Jesus game lands on Facebook, wretched to be redeemed in weekly episodes.
video A Christian company based in California has announced its plans to retell the gospel of Jesus as an episodic Facebook game, Journey of Jesus. Each week the company will release new chapters, pulled straight from the Bible, allowing players to relive the life of Jesus. The company claims the ga
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