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April 21, 2011, 8:55 am

PAUSE: A BioShock illustration is seen through a glass darkly.

April 20, 2011, 4:31 pm

A Neo-Geo case made of walnut. [via]

Are the Littlest Kids Now the ‘Touch Generation’?

In 2001, author Marc Prensky coined the term “digital native” for those born without knowledge of an analog world.  For kids coming up today in the ubiquity of touch screens, they may not know a world where those surfaces weren’t open for manipulation and control. The idea of a “touch generation” is

Need a Portal 2 Day? NH Company Is Giving Time Off for That.

This is awesome. A Manchester, NH company is giving employees paid time off for big releases: Given this reality, Dyn has recently refreshed their employee benefits to take account for major game release days, giving an optional PTO day per year for big releases. The New England-based provider of en

Gary Jules’ Mad World + Minecraft = Something Strange and Hypnotic

April 20, 2011, 1:10 pm

“If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.” — John Cleese

Today on KS: Learning to Get Away With Murder

As part of our ongoing series on the life of a videogame intern, Joseph Bernstein deals with the discomfort of playing excessively violent videogames: My adult enjoyment of violent videogames was always girded by two assumptions. The first is that eliminating or surpassing an obstacle is the basic u

How One Texas Man Plays Super Street Fighter – Without Full Use of Hands

This is amazing. A videogame player in Texas has been competing in recent Super Street Fighter IV tourney — without the use of his hands: At first, she was baffled by the condition, but after she sought the help of several geneticists and specialists, Begum was diagnosed with arthrogryposis. “It was