Super Mario Sunshine, Ecco the Dolphin, and the beaches of videogames
In videogames, life’s a beach until the enemies show up.
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Mountain is a first step toward more human-centered game design
Easy to learn, easy to master.
Revisiting the gxTV, a "television for gamers" from 1997
In short, you haven’t played Wipeout until you’ve played it on the gxTV.
We’re moving toward a future of games-as-a-service
But what does that future look like?
Day 4 at the International: So what happens when you win $5 million playing a videogame?
A champion is crowned. Now what?
Ingress turns the city into a playground
Google’s gamified map changes the possibilities of urban spaces.
How one brave audio-only game is harnessing the power of sound
Three Monkeys is changing the tune of audio gaming
The International, Day 2 and 3: The Wily, Genius, Totally Average Superstars of Tournament Play
Do we worship the player? Or do we worship the game?
Think the NSA is bad? Games are masters of surveillance.
From Metal Gear Solid to Transistor, the mechanical eye sees all.
Day 1: The International turns videogames into a rock concert
Seattle comes alive to the future of sport.
How to go on a road trip without leaving your house
Our first look at the Games of Summer.
Melee the masterpiece, Melee the demon
An alternate look at Nintendo’s red-headed stepchild.
The clash between systems and narrative comes to a head in The Hit
On the difficulty of chairs.
Say hello to Off Grid, a game about privacy in the digital age
Paradox? Why not.
Where did Cuphead come from?
An investigation in four parts.
The World Cup is here; its videogames never left
Speak, nostalgia.
How Age of Ascent aims to become the biggest MMO ever
Step one: don’t be like other MMOs.
The vibrant Hohokum proposes a new future for videogames
Christmas or Halloween? Or both?
Videogames for cats? Videogames for cats
An article about videogames for cats.
Let’s procedurally generate something besides landscapes
Noir Syndrome proves all the directions “infinity” can go.
Kill Screen presents the Official Videogame for all 50 States
A painstaking work of scholarship.
Twitter bot turns text adventures inventories into a sea of creativity
A ham sandwich, a green cable, a zipper, a cracked coconut, a grue suit.
Technolust is saving us from terrible VR before it’s even arrived
It will still arrive though, to be clear.
Was Twitch Plays Pokémon an anomaly or the way of the future?
Developers are placing their bets on the idea of “crowdplaying.”
What will the future of VR be? Ask David Cronenberg.
The master of body horror has been interrogating the divide between the virtual and physical worlds for decades.