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"People who spend an excessive amount of time playing games are powerless to stop themselves"

-Olivia Metcalf, researcher at the Australian National University, whose PHD research demonstrated that some gamers literally cannot stop thinking about games, even if they try to.

Joseph Bernstein

03 Dec 2012
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-Olivia Metcalf, researcher at the Australian National University, whose PHD research demonstrated that some gamers literally cannot stop thinking about games, even if they try to.

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A balloon-headed character in a yellow and orange rendered landscape in Eternity Egg

Userlands Adds Movement Magick to Eternity Egg

The update to the solo-developed Early Access platformer brings 63 spells cast through wall runs, slides and dashes.

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A skeletal figure faces a towering red figure of flesh and bone in a chamber lined with coiled flesh

Tamashii's Vikintor Shares Enemy From Evangelho da Carne

The Brazilian developer has swapped the next game’s 2D player sprites for pre-rendered ones modeled on the 1998 PlayStation title Skullmonkeys.

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Choose Where You Fall: What to Play, October 23

Every wall is a floor if you try.

lock-1 23 Oct 2026
The lantern spirit character from Palimpsest in a foggy landscape

When you misplay Palimpsest, the film starts to distort

Guillaume Roux and Johan Delétang's one-player game drives an interactive movie for a watching audience, premiering at IDFA DocLab Nov. 12.

23 Oct 2026

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