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A brief introduction to dreidel hacking
Religious games sometimes call for intervention from the central bank.
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Boardgames are a pain. This app may help
Boardgames are great, but they are an enormous pain in the ass. This is both part of the appeal and the reason more people don’t get into them. They’re heavy, generally expensive, they require hours to set up and take apart, as well as gobs of free time penciled into a handful of people’s schedules.
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We played Lindsay Lohan’s videogame so you wouldn’t have to
The price of fame? Carpal tunnel, apparently. Lindsay Lohan wants some of your freemium cash. In the name of irony, of course. Not, like, for money—obviously.
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Never-before-seen Smithsonian art collection goes online next year
Jordanian statues can see you offline (and in your sleep).
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Find a disturbing truth when rummaging through the wreckage of a home
Forsaken is a game that posits a creeping question: what do your dwelling and possessions reveal about your character? It employs you as someone who is sent to declutter and clean up abandoned houses. The one you get to mouse over is an omnishambles; a putrid disarray of residential flotsam. As you
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Tate Worlds mines classic artwork for Minecraft inspiration
Jump into paintings, sort of.
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The release of Papers, Please for iPad is a commentary on border policing
Is technology improving the ways we screen those entering and exiting our countries?
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Van Gogh’s troubled psyche explored in lurching claymation
For her Master Thesis at the IT University of Copenhagen, Federica Orlati has spent the past nine months meticulously crafting Ever Yours, Vincent. It’s a point-and-click adventure based on the letters that Vincent van Gogh sent to his younger brother Theo while living in Arles, France. In the game,
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A videogame for all you lonely kids (and adults) out there
There may not be a greater intimation of loneliness than a child attempting to play a videogame that was designed for two persons. Picture them sat cross-legged in front of an old boxy television, completely by themselves, attempting to rush their limbs across two gamepads, and sighing with their en
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In Stellar Smooch, you’ve got a hot date with fate and outer space
Explore the abyss that is love and relationships with Stellar Smooch.
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Wander through rural Scotland in the deeply personal Beeswing
How would you capture your hometown in a videogame?
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Play with your food, manipulate 3D art, lose your mind
Three totally insane games to do instead of … whatever else you were planning today.