Emergents
The unexpected pleasures of playing a game from the top down
Looking down never felt so good.
Missile Command
News
Space Invaders, Missile Command, and other classics painted in fresco
Just in time for Easter, these regal fresco paintings inspired by the videogames of yore are now showing at Kim Foster Gallery on 529 W 20th Street in New York. The show, called Genesis, is the artistic outpouring of Dan Hernandez, a man whose love for classic arcade games is only equaled by his lov
Interview
Want to know what happens to your body after 56 hours of Missile Command?
Hallucinations. Fatigue. Sleep deprivation. Madness. Victor Sandberg saw it all during his record-breaking Missile Command run.
Essay
Exhibition of 80s art ignores games for their lack of desire
It took a long time, but videogames are finally being placed in museums as artistic objects to appreciate. The Smithsonian exhibit, “The Art of Video Games” ran from last March until September, giving fans and laymen alike a chance to view and play pivotal games from the nascent industry’s first fou