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Tusks will tackle the homoerotic limitations we’ve imposed on orc lore
Let the orcs be gay.
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A videogame about being a parent is as stressful as it should be
If you’re a parent, or have been a parent, then Pippin Barr’s Jostle Parent will be a familiar experience. If you—like me—haven’t had kids of your own yet, then this will only put you off the idea completely. It’s what Barr rightly determines a more tragic riff on the concept behind Octodad: Dadlies
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Why are teachers cheating the American school system? This videogame will explain
Don’t let those pineapples become kids!
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Republicans conquer the White House, at least, in The Sims they do
The creepy worlds of politicians and The Sims united.
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Magic Shot brings the chaos of the computer glitch to French billiards
Shooting with the clarity of a drunk pissing into the brown-green water of a night club’s toilet bowl, my pool game has always been effervescent. While my friends seem to play on a smooth cloth-covered table, one primed for cue sports, when it comes to my single turn (for I will rarely, if ever, bri
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Drizzify your life with a Drake-themed search engine and mobile game
Here’s a Drake-themed search engine and mobile game you never knew you needed
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Iconic 20th century art is being turned into a series of experimental videogames
When Russian artist El Lissitzky printed his 1920 Soviet propaganda poster “Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge,” he had no idea it would become iconic. It was its bold symbolism that did the trick. The Russian civil war was reduced to a potent display of shape and space. The Bolsheviks were represen
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Kawiteros to bring Mexico’s iconic Huichol art and shamanism to videogames
An evolution in native Mexican art.
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High school science to go low-poly with Poly Bridge
Like a bridge over troubled waters?
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An upcoming game about being a crime scene cleaner is both grim and fascinating
I have a friend who works in the ambulance service. He tells me stories. I ask him to. The expected tragedies aside (horrific traffic accidents, families in peril, octogenarians dying alone completely neglected), the most fascinating details of his job, at least to my eager ears, are sourced from hi
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A guide to all 456 Game of Thrones deaths so far suggests we all love violent media
Didn’t videogames predate “Valar Morghulis” with, you know, the concept of “game over?” Winter already came all over this death-by-death guide to Game of Thrones.
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Become a great game designer by living in a cabin in the woods
Why some Swedish seasoned game developers think that loneliness and nature can help make great games.