Playlist 11/20: Resogun is shiny, Tearaway is punchable, and Post Future Vagabond is Brough-y
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How big data helps-and hurts-League of Legends players
Rising above the law of averages.
Future historians will read of us via binary code (French art collective asserts)
A high-tech time capsule.
What kind of game will require an Oculus Rift?
A glimpse into the future. Or into the 80s.
Why does no one care about KNACK? Short answer: Johnny Quest.
On the long shadow of Cartoon Network.
Inside Tiny Brains, the tiniest PS4 game so far
It’s like David riding Goliath’s back, because they’re buds now.
Exclusive reviews of the next next gen systems
The graphics? The graphics are definitely better.
A new dining experience in East London turns dinner into a game
With apologies to Kenneth.
How will historians study videogames?
A panel of smart people got together at NYU to discuss.
Crashtxt wants to shatter the Internet
The net.art movement makes art an interactive, almost tangible experience. Sounds like something else we know.
Check out these machines that are made to destroy themselves
Red ring of death, indeed.
The charm of making worlds in The Strange
Designers Monte Cook and Bruce Cordell want to take you places in their new game “The Strange“—their worlds, your own, and those of your favorite films, books, and video games.
The future of videogames may be occurring in an old mail office in London
What can we learn from the interactive theater phenomenon?
New Oculus Rift game makes playing videogames horrifying
Players enter a virtual living room where they’ll attempt to finish a first-person shooter that gets troublingly realistic.
How an artist turned Shadow of the Colossus into a rumination on chance
Also involved: a couple of houseplants, some incense, and John Cage.
Battlefield 4’s commander mode gives videogames what they don’t need: a head coach
Will we be doing drills next?
There’s a new mobile game that you control with your mind
We thought Impossible Road was hard.
This light-up corset combines sexuality, technology and gaming
Cronenberg enters La Perla.
Batman: Arkham Origins proves that videogame voice acting needs its Orson Welles
Maybe what Batman is missing is Batman.
What can the viral marketing around Call of Duty: Ghosts tell us about the game itself?
Among other things: Eminem has a new album.
GTA5’s cellphones are a joke. Are we the punchline?
Rockstar’s humor is either aimless or right on target.
In praise of the videogame haunted house
All bets are off.
Are haunted houses the original horror videogames?
NYC’s Nightmare: Killers2 makes a compelling case.