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Beard Blade might be the manliest videogame of them all

Beard Blade might be the manliest videogame of them all

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Inspired by SNES, Genesis, and GBA classics, Beard Blade is an eccentric 2D platformer that follows the adventures of a farmer as he struggles to rid his town of troublesome imps. After an encounter with a magically-skilled barber, the farmer takes on the pseudonym Beard Blade, and his beard becomes
In The Pedestrian, it’s the signs that’ll do the walking

In The Pedestrian, it’s the signs that’ll do the walking

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The genericized male figure has escaped his perch on the bathroom sign and soon his female counterpart in the gender binary shall do the same. That’s not bad as a political statement, but how does it fare as a game? The Pedestrian, which developers Skookum Arts have slated for a mid-2016 release, tu
Paul Krugman delivers punches and ripostes in an arcade-style news game

Paul Krugman delivers punches and ripostes in an arcade-style news game

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In light of the recent imposition of capital controls in Greece and the looming prospect of a Grexit, now seems like as good a time as any to talk about economists punching one another. He has the mien of a vituperative hobgoblin  Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, New York Times colum