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Being openly gay means you can’t win in A Russian Valentine
An unwinnable Olympic game.
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Dark is the stealthy RPG adventure for, uh, playing cards
Tabletop gaming takes another step toward democratization.
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Watch a robot reenact the history of architecture in eight minutes
British media art studio Universal Everything is renowned for creating avant-garde and abstract projects. Having previously designed forward-thinking and provocative assignments for the likes of MTV, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the London Olympic Games 2012, their newest work is considered thei
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British schools make programming mandatory, ensuring future of British videogames
This fall, all the wide-eyed schoolchildren of England will begin learning code, as computer language is becoming a mandatory part of the curriculum in the UK. This is part of the British governments’ Year of Code program, which puts the country on track to outpace the USA and plenty of other nation
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Galactic Princess is the unofficial Millenium Falcon-battling sim
In a galaxy far far away, namely France, a team is hard at work on Galactic Princess, the awesome-looking spaceship management strategy game on Kickstarter. My first thought was that Stars Wars nostalgia must surely be running on fumes by this point. But then the 80s kicking-ass-and-taking-names mus
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Michael Brough was asked about "indie scene," responds with pull-quote of the millennium
In a recent interview, the always-astute Michael Brough, maker of the outstanding 868-Hack, was asked what he thinks of “the state of the indie scene.” His response was doused in irony, pretty much dispelling the idea of an indie scene, and is the smartest thing I’ve read all day. Really, it’s kind
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Bobsledding is officially the worst Olympic sport, because math
We don’t often analyze the design of sports as closely as other types of games, but taking a closer look at some of the games at the Olympics suggests that maybe we should. Ben Blatt over at Slate looked at the statistics for Bobsledding kept by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation ba
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Irrational Games goes to that big cloud city in the sky/out of business
They’ve been, uh, raptured.
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Naughty Dog to those who think The Last of Us is too violent: Get over it
The Last of Us is an ice-cold, hopeless, and harrowing bloodbath through an ugly, post-infected America, and one of the best games of recent years. It’s also been the source of controversy, with some critics complaining that it was too grizzly and violent. All this moralizing momentarily caused the
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OFFS3T’s photo puzzles help you appreciate Earth’s natural beauty
Picture seriously imperfect.
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Harmonix is making a rhythmic FPS with plenty of dubstep
Rock Band developer Harmonix has been venturing out into new territory since the music-instrument-game craze fizzled, jettisoning a wall of plastic guitars at your local Best Buy. Announced yesterday, Chroma is the most unbridled departure yet: a rhythm-game and an FPS with a Tron-like battle arena
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It’s President’s Day, so watch your back for motorized patriots
We’re observing the federal holiday. See you tomorrow!