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We talked to the guy who is remaking XCOM, finally
A conversation with Enemy Unknown lead designer Jake Solomon.
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Jean Grae on "Kill Screen", Atari, and owning two Playstations
A conversation with the woman who named a song after us, kind of
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We talked to the woman who made the sex game that made Valve blush
A conversation with Miriam Bellard, the co-creator of Seduce Me
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Designer Matt Parker’s Lumarca is 3D and out of this world.
What’s inside this box?
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Ghost Rules
When does the challenge of rules guide rather than impose in games as well as music? We talk to Will Wiesenfeld, aka experimental musician Baths, about the parallels between casual immersion in music and games, the results of demanding diversity in Mass Effect, and how to not break the “ghost rules.
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Another World?
Why do videogames value failure more than we do? We talk to philosopher and queer theorist Jack Halberstam about financial failure, the queerness of computer-generated films, and where videogames have yet to change.
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The Sounds of Violence
When did demons get so soft? The sound designer of Diablo III Joseph Lawrence tells us how the squishy sounds of hell came from spaghetti, gunpowder, raw meat, and more.
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Pink Playground
Fresh off the reality show Work of Art, the Sucklord continues to subvert toys and the stigmas attached to them. We caught him in his New York studio to talk about turning characters gay, echelons of play, and the importance of Star Wars.
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"Humans Can’t Keep on Top of Numbers."
Buddhist metal duo Yamantaka // Sonic Titan recently contributed to Klei Entertainment’s upcoming Mark of the Ninja. We talk to Ruby Attwood and Alaska B about the cosmic in Chun-Li cosplay and creating drum patterns as code.
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Are Military Shooters Finally Getting Their Apocalypse Now?
Yager’s military shooter, Spec Ops: The Line, cites Apocalypse Now and Heart of Darkness as its influences. Can a videogame about shooting make its player feel not just the physical conflict of war, but the moral conflict as well? We talk to the lead designer about the setting and the role of horror
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Virtual Rarity
Where will games take us in an age of multi-user play, drone pilots, and constantly improved graphics? Artist Mark Tribe speaks on his exhibition Rare Earth and the intersections between videogames, art history, simulation, politics, and war.
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When Religion Comes to Play
Civilization V developer Ed Beach transforms missionary work into videogame algorithms, drawing on his experience with boardgame design (Here I Stand) to create special powers for Egyptians and Chinese; Catholics and Taoists.