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Why does this art smell like fish?
For art, smell is the alternate VR
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Virtual reality may be coming to the courtroom
Most people do not want to be picked for jury duty. You have to take time off work. You’re made to sit around for hours. Wouldn’t it be better if jury duty consisted of exploring Link’s childhood village from Ocarina of Time in virtual reality? Jury duty is unlikely to ever boil down to playing vid
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Announcing a free monthly public arcade at the Ace Hotel
What are you doing March 31?
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A new game aims to reclaim one of our most taboo words
Play a female sexuality drawing game too scandalous to even mention by name.
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Sature proves that painting and turn-based strategy can get along
Ian Sundstrom has managed the impossible. At least, in my mind he has. He has found a connection between painting and turn-based strategy. My mental landscape positions these two concepts at polar opposites: painting is joyous and expressive, while turn-based strategy is stern and composed. One is a
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A game about American railway bridges collapsing isn’t as absurd as it seems
There’s a moment in every child’s life, when posing as an amateur builder, when they realize a simple but fundamental principle of design: things work better when you stagger them. In bricklaying, Lego or otherwise, the staggering of joints is called a running bond. In Mark Ellis: Train Bridge Inspe
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This week’s Playlist pick: Sound System II
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. SOUND SYSTEM II (BROWSER) BY PIPPIN BARR Music and videogames go together like peanut butter and jelly: the visceral experience of play magnified by an equally sensorial accompaniment. In So
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TouchTone holds a mirror to our post-Snowden surveillance state
“If you solve something, say something.”
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Learn to laugh at terrible stereotypes with this upcoming card game
We might all be terrible, but at least we can laugh about it with a card game.
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Red Flags is a card game of perfect partners and terrible dates
You meet the person of your dreams. They have everything you want in a partner: a love for dogs, the ability to write poetry that is not in any way embarrassing, unrivalled loyalty, and a yacht. There’s just one catch. This potential match calls you by their ex’s name. And this isn’t an isolated inc
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Simogo has released the first episode of their mystery podcast
More episodes to become available over the next three weeks.
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Videogames and craft in a maker-filled world
A Two5Six sneak peek.