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As part of a celebration of tech in Philadelphia on April 4th, the city is hosting a colossal game of Tetris on the side of a staggering piece of architecture. The Cira Centre, which stretches 29 stories into the night sky, will be lit up with familiar falling tetriminos. Those famous squares, L-pi
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We kind of joke when we talk about Minecraft and say that one day the entire structure of the Earth with be plotted in coarse cubic pointillism; but maybe we’re not joking. At least Manhattan will be accounted for, as the ambition of Minecraft creator Christopher Mitchell is to model the 13-mile str
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British media art studio Universal Everything is renowned for creating avant-garde and abstract projects. Having previously designed forward-thinking and provocative assignments for the likes of MTV, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the London Olympic Games 2012, their newest work is considered thei
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If, like me, you are the proud owner of formerly stray cats, you know the havoc they can cause to a well-kept house: the shredded upholstery of the couch, the spilled house plants, the random toilet paper roll attacks. While a nightmare for me, this must be thrilling for my awful cats. That’s the co
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This interchangeable piece puts a more interactive spin on contemporary style.
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We speak to a handful of industrial designers about what Xbox One’s design really means.
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An ambitious project with UN Habitat and Minecraft studio Mojang seeks to change the face of public architecture around the world. Will it work?
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Two decades after the reactor blew, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fans slip past the checkpoints to play the game in the real ruins, and the guards chase them for sport.
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The beleaguered SimCity has suffered a dent in its reputation after a shaky launch. But beyond the server woes and consumer complaints, a jewel of digital urban planning arises.
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Robin Arnott’s soundscapes push the edges of what nothing sounds like. We dig deeper into his design philosophy and how making music is as crucial to feel of Antichamber as the game itself.
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As games crossed over from niche pasttime to mainstream success, more and more world-class artists have lent their vision to the pursuit of digital leisure. Stephen Spielberg has put his fingers in many a game-pie, from 1995’s PC adventure The Dig to the unrealised project for EA, codenamed LMNO [ht