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A museum projet to collect the "pockets of feminine tech" from games to electronic paper dolls.
A woman named “Rachel” has launched a new site devoted to something surprisingly simple: cataloguing the number of women and girls featured in videogames. She writes: “As I grew older, I found that video game culture and girly culture rarely intersected. Yet, happily, there were places where the tw
Cheat Sheet 4/16: Nintendo’s next Mario game, EA’s layoffs and Crysis 3 announced.
Monday’s almost over so let’s get to it: – Nintendo has confirmed that they will be showing off a new Wii U Mario game at E3. – EA has weakly denied allegations that they have laid off anywhere from 500 to 1,000 employees. – Crysis 3 has been announced and will be coming out next Spring. – A demo fo
Cabin in the Woods isn’t trying to change a genre, it’s asking how much we can change genres.
Cabin in the Woods has been getting massive amounts of hype. As The Guardian pointed out, it is credited as “a total game-changer,” “mind-blowing” and “the start of something new.” That’s a heavy burden for any film to carry and I’m not even sure that this one lives up to that. Don’t get me wrong,
How Disney’s new animated 8-bit film Wreck-it Ralph tells us a lot about game morality.
Slashfilm recently featured the above teaser poster for Wreck-it Ralph, a video-game inspired animated film. Ralph is an 8-bit baddie who gets frustrated with constantly losing to the hero and breaks out into other games to try out life as the hero. The movie’s got a solid cast for the leads with Jo
Valve may be following in Google’s footsteps and looking towards wearable computing
Google’s Project Glass has made a big splash since it was announced last week. In the gaming sphere, Valve has hinted at something that seems like it’s in the same vein. Ars Technica has a write up, discussing the suggestions made by Valve developer Michael Abrash. While Abrash was quick to point ou
Hey parents — your child ever spend your money unknowingly on iOS game items? We’ve got a court case for you.
About a week ago, I was at a bar with a friend of mine in the East Village and we ordered a cocktail. I’m often asked what I do and in the course of talking to the owner, we started talking about iPhone games. His big complaint was with freemium games, especially those with “pay to play” structures.
Nintendo teams up with Louvre to use the 3DS to augment the museum experience.
Exciting news from the Louvre, one of the greatest art museums in the world. To enhance the museum experience, visitors can now use 3DS devices to listen to more than 700 recordings about the works there (although that’s a tiny portion of the more than 35,000 in the museum’s collection. The Japan Ti
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