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Republicans conquer the White House, at least, in The Sims they do
The creepy worlds of politicians and The Sims united.
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A newsgame shows there are no perfect options for Syrian refugees
When all options are bad, what do you do?
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Battlefield Hardline is Reagan-era drug war propaganda
Winners don’t use drugs.
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Citizens of Earth finds purpose in its satire
A JRPG constantly folding in on itself.
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Say hello to Off Grid, a game about privacy in the digital age
Paradox? Why not.
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This handheld gizmo turns urban pollution into cool abstract art
Pollution is all around us, swirling invisibly and sometimes not-so-invisibly through the air in wisps of gasses and dust particles. This is a fairly disgusting consequence of post-industrial living. But Digioxide, an art project by vtol, makes environmental contamination all glitchy and pretty. Th
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Now you can play Cory Arcangel’s readymade "Bomb Iraq" from your desk
The digital art archivists at Rhizome have excavated and extracted files from the computer that contains Cory Arcangel’s 2005 Bomb Iraq, so now you can experience a piece of art from the creator of Super Mario Clouds in your browser. A sort of modern-day Duchamp’s Fountain, Bomb Iraq is a post-conc
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In our favorite Obama story yet, the President shouts out The Witcher
Say what you will about President Obama, he is currently the world’s most prominent ambassador for the cultural legitimacy of videogames. That’s because on his recent visit to Poland, motherland of Witcher dev house CD Projekt RED, he gave a tip of the hat to everyone’s favorite action-heavy, decisi
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On the frontlines of the coming backlash against VR
Think of the children.
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1000 Days in Syria brings interactive (non)fiction to war journalism
For a brief period after the onset of the Syrian Civil War, journalist Mitch Swenson was there, hitching rides with Syrian rebels and rubbing elbows with smugglers. Then, he came home to the US to write a free-to-play adventure game about it. (Full disclosure: he has written exactly 2 articles for u
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The director of Drakengard and Nier reveals the impetus behind his nihilistic games
Someone needs to find Drakengard 3 director Toro Yoko and give him a hug. The fine people over at Gamechurch have transcribed a very somber and reflective interview on his views about those violent competitive kill-fests we call games, and it’s a compelling read. He finds it saddening that there ar
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Democrats and Republicans united by their love of videogames, study shows
Finally, something liberals and conservatives can agree on! As you can see in this chart released by the Washington Post, Republicans and Democrats spend equal amounts of time playing videogames while online. This makes me kind of proud of the medium, as the only other Internet activity donkeys and