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Oculus gets touchy-feely, shows off motion controls
The lead virtual reality company gets in touch with interactive entertainment.
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Magic Flute reimagines the famous opera as an urban puzzle adventure
I can name few games based on renowned European operas, and even fewer based on famous Japanese adaptations of classic European operas. In fact, only Magic Flute fits the bill. Created by LabLike, Magic Flute is a tile-based puzzle game for iOS set in the world of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Magic
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What the hell is Broken Reality?
What the hell have I gotten myself into for you people? Is there a virus on my computer? I feel like there should be a virus on my computer. All I wanted to do was write a story about videogames when I found myself on the Tumblr for a game called Broken Reality. Of course, aside from “game” being in
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Movable Play continues October 6th
Join us October 6th for more talks from the creators of great mobile games.
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The 9/11 virtual reality experience that nobody has been waiting for
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Allison Road aims to engorge its chilling sights and sounds with your help
In a genre dominated by Slender clones and zombie-infested action game hybrids, P.T. filled a void in many horror fans’ hearts; a small, but twisted taste of what the larger Silent Hills project would be, it succeeded as its own, compact experience and also gave folks something to look forward to. S
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Turning Spaceteam into a card game that doesn’t suck
It’s hard for me to imagine Spaceteam as a card game. My burning memory of it is playing it over a table of half-eaten sushi somewhere in France. A bunch of us were sat around in a square, smartphones trembling in our hands, frantically shouting at each other as loud as hungry ravens. How any of us
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Go beyond the music visualizer in today’s Playlist pick
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. Panoramical (PC, Mac) BY FERNANDO RAMALLO & DAVID KANAGA Forget the “music visualizer” that has been spinning webs of geometry on your PC since the ’90s. Panoramical finally makes it as outda
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In Bloodsport, you can run but you can’t hide
In this prequel to Badblood, you are not playing a game. You are the game.
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Surprise! Simogo’s new "quiet" videogame isn’t what you’d expect
SPL-T isn’t what you’d expect from Simogo. Sure, the studio has certainly delved into puzzles before. You could even say puzzles are a staple of Simogo’s house style as some of its best games included particularly memorable ones: Beat Sneak Bandit, DEVICE 6, and Year Walk especially. But the Swedish
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The Walls Have Ears is security theatre with a side of voyeurism
The Walls Have Ears is security theatre, but what isn’t? Body scanners at airports, metal detectors at sports stadia, fancy uniforms that imply nonexistent authority—it’s all a big show. The Walls Have Ears is about that show, but you’re a performer. More accurately, you’re a desk jockey at an unnam