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Keep Working is a nightmare about advertising
Developer Bean Chon releases an “interactive music video game” about our yearning for more stuff.
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In pursuit of videogames’ bottomless pits
What lurks outside a videogame’s boundaries?
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Why one police department is using the "All Your Base" meme
In 2003, seven young men were arrested by police in Sturgis, Michigan for posting signs of the now-ubiquitous videogame meme, “All your base are belong to us,” all across town. At the time, local residents interpreted the prank in light of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with the Sturgis Police Ch
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Soar through a majestic abstract world in AER
Like Wind Waker, but you’re no longer stuck in some dumb boat.
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A new standard has been set for children’s apps
Tinybop’s digital toys are not made for grown-ups, but you’ll wish they were.
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Papetura offers a delightful world of animated paper
Papetura sure is made out of paper. In the game’s opening shot alone there are sheets of it: curled into pulsing fingers like ocean waves or quilted grass, twee spiraling silhouettes proffering the shape of local flora. Devoid of every color but white, and with only these paper shapes suggesting the
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Oculus’ new movie studio is making André Bazin’s dreams come true
Oculus announces their new production lab, Story Studio, for VR films.
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Get yours as a crooked cop in This Is the Police
Bureaucracy in the waning days of a cop’s career.
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The unfriendly interfaces of subway systems
Apple, free-to-play games, and subway kiosks shape your user experience.
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Playlist: the papercraft classic Yet It Moves comes to iOS
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. YET IT MOVES (IOS, MAC, PC, LINUX) BY BROKEN RULES You might call Yet It Moves a sidescroller, but that would be doing the game a grand disservice. Yes, you can only work in two dimensions,
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Pplkpr: the app that decides who you’re hanging out with
IF TITLE IS TOO SNARKY: Pplkpr: the app that tells you which relationship you should keep and delete OR This app that manages your relationships could be your next best friend. Do you secretly hate most people? Well, finally, there’s an app for that. See how your interpersonal relationships stack
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Hide-and-seek can be so much better inside videogames
This innocent, empty office is actually filled with danger.