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In praise of silence in videogames
From Ocarina of Time to Call of Duty, games can be at their best when they’re quiet.
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Feel Battalion: the videogame logic of Inside Out
Pixar’s Inside Out is like Steel Battalion inside your head.
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Everybody shut up: Jurassic World is great
Jurassic World finds transcendence in absurdity.
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Excited for #E3? We can barely sleep, we can barely see.
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The connection between IRL parkour and videogames
The real-life drama behind the Toronto parkour scene.
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What Cities: Skylines does-and doesn’t-say about our dying world
Colossal Order’s game and the neoliberal ideal.
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Body Trouble
The science fiction film Ex Machina falls into the uncanny valley.
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Intel’s Two5six Scholars program helps bring women and people of color to videogames
Making a difference through education.
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Heroes of the Storm is a MOBA for people who hate eSports
The least user-friendly genre in games gets refined, but at what cost?
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The convergence of role-playing and dress-up games
Those capes have always meant something.
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The dark ways stealth games work on your mind
Thief, stealth, and the psychology of the forbidden.
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Think Mad Max is just about cars? Think again
The tactility of mad max’s human element.