Lincoln had an austere and rigorous way with words. The Gettysburg Address is memorable not only for the message but for its gritty elocution. Still, there was a smidgen of down-home earthiness to Lincoln’s speeches, as you can hear in a line like “a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of
Whether you’re infatuated with a miniature pinscher, chocolate labrador, red pomeranian, or shih tzu, you doubtlessly think you know your pet pretty well. Dog lovers spend a great deal of time walking their pooches, getting them groomed, throwing them tennis balls, and sharing with them the bed and
A group of fan translators spent three years translating a game they could already read pretty well. Why? Because Ocarina of Time looks stunning in Arabic.
The retina of the eye is wired with a superhighway of fiber, and the crowd-sourced research project dedicated to charting it is called EyeWire. It was codeveloped at MIT and Max Planck Institute for Medical Research under the tutelage of Dr. Sebastian Seung, a professor of neuroscience who specializ
In three weeks, The Night Rover Challenge will be hosting a game jam. From March 8th to March 10th, developers will gather together at the NASA Ames complex in Mountain View, CA to create games about the science of space. The Night Rover Challenge is a subsidiary of NASA. While their main goal is to
Immigration reform is an issue sitting very high in the minds of US policymakers these days, especially in the so-called border states. The tension is high, the drama is real, and the core issues involved – power, access, and the interminable, maze-like structures that dictate the flow of those thin
I don’t know about you, but my proverbial pile of incomplete shame – the list of games I’ve started, but never finished – is huge, growing, and seems to gnaw at me a little more every day. I harbor fond memories of the original Metroid Prime, and fantasize about finally picking it up again and finis
Somehow a small miracle has happened and everybody loves Fire Emblem Awakening: critics and players, old fans and fans anew, the Americans and Japanese, me and Jon. The developers are especially elated to have it out the door. In a recent interview with the team by Nintendo President Iwata, there we
Unbenownst to most players, the user interface of Dead Space 3 is a paragon of design. Deceptively simple but informationally rich, the horror survival gives you everything you need to live for as long as you can. We take a close look at Dino Ignacio, the man behind Dead Space‘s simple and elegant i
The answer is a resounding maybe. Simon Parkin tackled the crucial issue in a timely article for Eurogamer. To prove that they do, he tracked down a gun-crazed kid in Illinois, a B.B. gun manufacturer who produces replicas of automatic weapons, a US Senator, an game developer who wished to remain an
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
Oculus Rift, the internet’s favorite virtual reality headset peripheral, made a brief appearance on late night T.V. [http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2013/01/joshua-topolsky-shows-jimmy/] last Thursday courtesy the Jimmy Fallon show. Glowing hands-on reports from CES 2013 [http://www.po
Every year, Electronic Arts runs a simulation to predict the Super Bowl. This year, the Ravens were predicted to win, but our sports columnist ran his own simulation. The picture’s a bit more complicated.
Ever notice those non-playable characters that seem to just watch you while you play Legend of Zelda? They are totally important and closer to the Renaissance than anyone could imagine.
Should we feel self-conscious about playing a game with rampant erotic juvenalia and giant demon fetuses roaming about? That question should answer itself, but, well, it’s complicated…
The rising popularity of Instagram demonstrates how we all want to be photographers in the real world. But what about our virtual lives? We take a look inside the budding community of in-game photography and what it means for the future of digital art.
Yesterday’s election in Israel continued the right’s power, but opened doors for moderation as well. But if you really want to understand the shift in the country’s political climate, Armona Race is the perfect game for you.
