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We often get digital recreations of the past in the form of modern-day remakes. But what about imagined futures? Michael Thomsen writes at Complex.com about an article from 1988 that prefigured what our world would look like in the far-off future of 2013. Turns out the way we envision tomorrow tells

Spring is all about beginnings: the budding flowers, the cleaned-out closets, our renewed addiction to sugar-coated marshmallow baby chicks. This short documentary profiles Ralph Baer, inventor of the Magnovox Odyssey,  the first commercially-viable videogame console and the root of what we play tod

Two days of winter remain. Read these and go for one last sled ride while you can. Sure, GlaDOS made some quips. But can a game truly be a comedy? One enterprising lad sought an answer (and asked our co-founder for insight along the way). Speaking of laughs: Nothing gets my gut jiggling like a subma

Here’s what you need to know. Big Boi does motion-capture for Army of Two and reveals he lost his videogame virginity at a precocious age to an Atari. So does that mean I’m street? There is a space sim game that simulates the entire known universe and beyond. Welp, that about wraps it up for games.

Impress Saint Patrick with your wisdom and know-how. If you always wanted a Neo-Geo but the hard plastic turned you off, Analogue Interactive has your answer. They’ll build you a system and joystick from “any wood in the world” — they even give you a Wood Database to choose from. The Hubble Telescop

Here’s what you need to know. Because Climate Change isn’t fun enough already, now there’s a board game about it. First polar bear off the melting iceberg wins! A motion controller is coming to PCs next week. Our dream for a Minority Report workspace grows ever near. In this week’s heartwarming mome