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Over at the Atlantic, Garrett Epps takes a closer look at Justice Clarence Thomas’ dissent in this week’s landmark violent videogame case ruling can tell us about “originalism,” or at least the limits of it. That point of view attempts to discover the original reading of the Constitution. The whole
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Admittedly this Gran Turismo-to-race car driver story in the Mirror seemed a bit farcical. But we were surprised to learn that 19-year-old Jann Mardenborough, who won a contest over 90,000 over players, is actually in the pipeline to be a real professional driver. In the final challenge Jann took th
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Here’s another batch of easy mainstream videogame news! -Naughty Dog reveals how Hardcore Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is going to be. -Design a shield for Dark Souls and you can win stuff, feel glorious. -Why Zynga games thrive off people who don’t play games. -Say hello to the major-league lo
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St. Louis-area repair shop Arcade Aid created this eBoy-esque city with more than 160 different videogame references hidden inside of it.
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Relations between Taiwan and China have been rocky, to say the least. So what do you do when you have tenuous relationship with your neighbor? Make with a real-world simulation of a potential war with them. From the Washington Post: Taiwan’s National Security Council said late Monday that Presiden
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The first Game Hack Day sponsored by NYHacker took place this past weekend at General Assembly. Kudos to John Britton for putting it all together and gathering the sponsors (Riot Games) along with reserving the space. Around 20 teams hacked for just over 24 hours and resulting in new friendships, ne
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Over at Rhizome, Joanne McNeil points to an interesting post on nature of Google Street View with some fun insights on screens. (We’re really into screens for obvious reasons.): Lee Friedlander took a series of photographs in the 1960’s that included screens (that were in a 1995 exhibit and subsequ
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Enjoy some easy, instant mainstream videogame news! –Deadly Premonition creator is one publisher short of a new game. –Become Nancy Botwin in this new Facebook game based on Showtime’s Weeds. -Capcom plans to make replay ability a thing of the past. -Digital gamers are closing the playtime gap wi
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