"Besides Dead Space, why is there such a lack of dismemberment in modern AAA titles?"
-Redditor Beast_Pot_Pie poses the question we’ve all been too afraid to ask.
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7161 postsWas the Sega 32X actually a great add-on?
In our shared popular narrative of the console wars, it’s axiomatic that the Sega Genesis peripherals Sega CD and 32X helped rig the charges on the Sega console brand before the bungled American Saturn launch in 1995 destroyed it completely. What if that’s not true? A pretty persuasive piece at revr
Are games merely fuel for the political "discourse machine"?
Ian Bogost has the best piece I’ve read on video games and violence in the weeks since the Newtown shootings. Writing about the current controversy over the game industry’s involvement in Joe Biden’s gun-violence task force, Bogost makes the arugment that politicians have no interest in discussing g
The school where Minecraft is mandatory
No, it’s not just a sweet daydream. It’s real, and it’s in Sweden: An international competition for city planning inspired instructors at the Viktor Rydberg secondary school to make freeform construction game Minecraft a compulsory part of the curriculum. About 180 students around 13 years old have
The top ten best-selling games of 2012 were all sequels
Sigh. That’s even worse than 2012 in creativity-starved Hollywood; two of the top ten grossing movies this year were originals (Brave and Hunger Games) and not sequels/prequels/reboots, etc. Even as critics and bloggers name small and independent games their top games of 2012, it’s important to keep
Some heroes are still making NES games, and that is awesome
Chris Kohler over at GameLife has a great post about three of the best “homebrew” NES titles, new games for the original Nintendo built by enthusiasts who simply can’t leave 8-bit behind: Nomolos is the least polished of these three new games, with floaty controls and simple artwork. That said, it’s
"We have a lot to learn. We made a lot of mistakes. We can do better."
-Frank O’Connor, Halo franchise director, on Halo 4, the first game in the series not to be made by Bungie.
Zombie Yoga, the ideal way to do hot yoga with zombies
From the rising popularity of hot yoga to controversy over kids doing the sun salutation in middle school, the two thousand year-old ritual from India is having a moment. So we thought it would be a perfect time to visit one of the most twisted exercise games around, the 2012 Indiecade finalist Zomb
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