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Vaclav Havel, the Czechoslovakian politician who presided over the country during its breakup, died on Sunday, but left behind his sharp critiques of Western society. Politicians seem to have turned into puppets that only look human and move in a giant, rather inhuman theatre; they appear to have
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If you’re serious about Pokémon, then you’re going to get your ass to Europe starting March 3rd, for what’s basically going to be the NCAA Tournament for fans of the Nintendo classic. Here are some basic ground-rules for the tournament: You can build your team using Pokemon from the National Pokedex
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Recently in mainstream gaming news: –Capcom announced today that an HD collection for Devil May Cry will hit the shelves on April 3rd, 2011. -A new survey found that younger gamers actually buy fewer virtual goods than older gamers. –Crysis and Far Cry developer Crytek revealed that the studio wil
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In Pitchfork’s pop-culture slanted column Poptimist, writer Tom Ewing looked at the virtues and vices of the stream, the “ceaseless flow of information we access every time we use social media.” He ultimately compared its allure to that of playing videogames. According to Ewing, the common ground is
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We enjoy the good bar visit after Kill Screen HQ work hours, so Mark Kleback’s Touch-Bar caught our eye the other night at the ITP Winter Show. Part Ender’s Game, part, um, Moe’s Tavern, it’s a great example of capturing passive activity (drinking) and turning it into something much more. See more
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Yes, it would be another plastic peripheral game, but this time the controller’s in the shape of a director’s clapboard. Push the buttons at the right time to maintain the dramatic tension of the scene with the correct line. In the video, Ryan O’Neal is playing on Easy. And losing. [video: TubbsT
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Remember the 90s? When videogames allowed us to see our favorite Disney characters in a way we’d never seen them before – in 16 bit. [video: Youtube]
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The Walgreens down the street from me sold a Wii game that consisted of go-cart racing with Santa’s elves. It had a goal, and it accomplished it. That game might not be fun to anyone over the age of ten, but it’s not a failure. Consider a game like L.A. Noire, however. That’s a failure. Or so Susan
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Star Wars fans, unite and rejoice! For The Old Republic is out today. With that in mind, here are a couple of things that have been bouncing around the internet as of late. First, Kinect Star Wars is set to feature a dancing minigame, because everyone knows that dancing games for the Kinect are the
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Ludum Dare, the contest that compels indie developers to churn out a game prototype in the span of 72 hours, has recorded a record number of 891 entries for its most recent competition. What has spurred so many game makers to throw their hats in the ring? It seems the motivating factor was the theme
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A computer game planned to be developed by Iran’s National Foundation for Computer Games aims to demonstrate the objection of many Iranians to EA DICE’s Battlefield 3, released this past October. The game, entitled “Attack on Tel Aviv,” is a response to BF3’s plot, which involves a fictitious raid
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This week we’re looking at some of the projects shown at NYU’s ITP Winter Show. Jack Kalish designed this musical interface that takes control of your face. When I tried it, it only detected smiles and happy/mouth agape poses through facial mapping, but ostensibly it could be used to track a wide va