Puppeteer reminds us that all the world’s a stage
We talk to director Gavin Moore about the fine art of play.
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We talk to NHL ’94’s producer to figure out why the game is still revered today
Short answer: Roenick, Roenick, Roenick.
What would it mean for Farming Simulator 2013 to actually simulate farming in 2013?
What it does have is real nice tractor sounds. Real nice ones.
What are pro gamers stealing from Bill Belichick?
Work hard, play hard.
Playlist 9/25: Kill Screen’s 9/25 Playlist | Naya’s Quest, Strata, Captain Bubblenaut
A few things to play when not doing something awful in GTA5.
Is Rayman the French version of Looney Tunes?
We’re all on the same page that this game is beautiful, at least.
RIP Hiroshi Yamauchi, the man who turned Nintendo into Nintendo
The company’s third president in a century laid the foundation for another hundred years.
BioShock Infinite: The Siege of Columbia will turn you into Kim Jong-un
Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
Even this cartographer loves Grand Theft Auto 5
“This is a map that you’ve got to read with sunglasses on,” he says.
Maybe what fighting games need is to be dumber
Divekick, Killer Instinct, and the fine art of button mashing.
Can Madden shift attitudes on player safety?
The people want big hits, but the NFL doesn’t.
How linkshells turn Final Fantasy XIV into a social experience … and a job
A job in which you ride giant chickens, but still.
The uncomfortable politics of the "Ludic Century"
Who gets to be a part of this century?
What’s better, a controller or a keyboard? Blizzard settles the debate for us
This was sort of a trick question, but we do have an answer.
FIFA 14 has a lot of Capitalized New Things. What do any of them mean?
We talk to gameplay producer Aaron McHardy to figure it out.
Grand Theft Auto 5 is the broken, beautiful reflection Los Angeles deserves
Rockstar’s on some Joan Didion shit right now.
Outlast’s developer tells us how it plays off of the realest terror of them all: adulthood
Red Barrels co-founder Philippe Morin talks about the survival horror game’s surprising aesthetic inspirations.
New PBS Game/Show asks if there will always be violent videogames
This week’s episode asks a timeless question of we love to run people over with digital cars.
What does it mean when huge companies talk about indie games?
Everybody’s paying lip service to indie developers, for better or worse.
What can broadcast sports learn from videogames?
Inside the 0s and 1s that are making Xs and Os more sensible.
Nintendo wants to be the Pied Piper to the world’s 5- and 6-year-olds
Nintendo made the 2DS because they love you. So let’s dial back the malice, a little bit.
Can a team of Pixar and Muppet Studios vets make good on the promise of Milo?
ToyTalk wants to open up a dialogue about videogames. With videogames, as well.
Is Watch Dogs a fantasy, a nightmare, or a reality?
Ubisoft’s new game typifies the modern nanny state.
How The Bureau: XCOM Declassified came about its freewheeling camera
Trial, error, and a bunch of genre shifts.