Parameters, available here in both English and Japanese, is the very abstract version of an RPG. It contains most of the elements of an RPG: monsters (the yellow bars), quests (the empty bars), items, stats, and leveling. Missing from the game are storylines, characters and graphics, but who’s count
video Xavier Aaronson’s review for The Creators Project of NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) spring exhibition demonstrates the importance of art, technology and play, Upon entering this year’s show, held this past Monday and Tuesday, I was greeted with a wonderful assault on the se
NY Times best-selling writer and Stargate: Universe creative consultant John Scalzi takes a modern RPG approach to social justice. What ensues is satirical, “Eat the Poor”-esque essay on white privilege: Okay: In the role playing game known as The Real World, “Straight White Male” is the lowest diff
A panel of politicians, cultural commentators, industry figures and (non-gaming) journalists discussed “What’s the point of videogames?” for just over an hour at London’s British Film Institute (BFI) on Wednesday evening. Such an open question might have relegated the debate itself topointlessness,
Patrick Runte’s photographs are what arcade cabinets dream about at night. The series is called “JumpNRun.” [via PSFK]
People often complain that there isn’t enough to play on the Wii, but if you missed Rhythm Heaven Fever, the followup to 2009’s Nintendo DS title, it’s worth waggling your controllers again. Unlike most music games that require complicated arrangements of button combinations, Rhythm Heaven Fever is
Video Mind over matter? A team of researchers have demonstrated that humans with severe brain injuries can operate machines. Cathy Hutchinson has been unable to move her own arms or legs for 15 years. But using the most advanced brain-machine interface ever developed, she can steer a robotic arm to
As Joystiq has reported, Rhode Island’s government has taken a special interest in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning developer 38 Studios. After the state’s 75 million dollar loan about a year and a half ago, hopes were high that the developer would create new jobs. But others, like the state trasururer