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Jonathan Blow, creator of quintessential indie game Braid, disowns indie scene
An island unto himself.
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New PBS Game/Show asks if Goat Simulator is a comedy revolution or a glitchy mess (Plus Tim Schafer!)
What’s the deal with Goat Simulator? (Hmm… it seems my awesome Seinfeld impression doesn’t come across very well in typing.) But think about it. This silly game about goats which has no point, aside from being funny, does some seriously inspired stuff with videogame slapstick. Namely, there are no
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One of the best boardgames ever just blew up Kickstarter
Wrangling and cajoling a group of friends to your small apartment’s kitchen will no longer be an impediment to playing Twilight Struggle, because the digital edition of that great Cold War card and dice game is already fully funded on Kickstarter. I know it’s a can of worms to say anything is the “b
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F*ck Videogames: The Videogame probably shouldn’t be a videogame at all
Perhaps a puppet show? A diorama?
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New Vanishing of Ethan Carter trailer might rival anything you see at E3 next week
Seriously. Look at this game. It is just gorgeous. Well, except for that scene with the guy (Ethan, maybe?) getting clubbed over the head with a lead pipe. But aside from that, incredibly pretty. We’ve written before about how the devs of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter are pioneering a graphical tec
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Chocolate drone is the most delicious invasion of your privacy yet
This camouflage drone made of melted Milka chocolate bars sure looks delicious. I’ve been craving chocolate all day. Death and invasion of my privacy from above—eh, not so much. The most impressive part of this hovering aircraft is that it actually flies without melting into sweet liquid candy. “Ch
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Kill Screen approved Republique is free this week. Go grab it
The introductory chapter to Republique—which plays like a sort of culturally eloquent, mobile take on Metal Gear—is on sale June 5 through 12. And by on sale we mean: free. You can read our review of it here, and episode 2 here. Clearly, there are plenty of reasons for the love. It features a belie
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World of Darkness was going to be a goth-y, blood-drinking Assassin’s Creed
‘Twas not to be.
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Games have gone from short to long to short again, says math
Shout out to all the short games out there.
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Of course someone created The Matrix’s construct scene in VR
We have one word about the famous Matrix scene being refitted for Oculus Rift: Whoa! OK, we have a few more, but that’s a good starting point. There’s just something awe-inspiring about being in the same hollow, boundless white room where a debonair Laurence Fishburne introduces slack-jawed Keanu t
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Between instrument and music toy, inSynch loses its rhythm
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Playlist 6/4: A cannibal holocaust, connect-the-dots, and one intrepid toddler.
Videogames!