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Public radio’s videogame music guru Emily Reese wants you to listen up
A conversation with public radio’s most outspoken advocate for the art of videogame composition.
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The Luigi Death Stare and why memes take root
Deciphering the language of play.
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The insidious influence of blockbuster cinema on videogames
Going big, going home.
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Shenmue and the rise of lonelycore games
An open world of closed-off people.
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This modder continues to blow away Skyrim’s lackluster artificial intelligence
We’ve written before about how the modder Ether Dynamics is outclassing Skyrim devs by giving foes with one-track-mind AI a broader variety of ways to bring the pain. As he rightly explains, “No one reminisces about the 10 skeletons they killed, because they’ll be just like every other skeleton they
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Today in Skyrim mods: This giant killer rooster means business
We all know that adrenaline-soaked dread of being attacked by a snarling bear in Skyrim. But that’s nothing compared to the fear of being pecked to death by this giant clucking rooster, derp, modded into the game by a Reddit user. But relax! It seems all this male domestic fowl can do is crow and ch
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Pretty much everyone ever owns and plays Dota 2 (apparently)
The dark fantasy esport Dota 2 is undeniably Steam’s killer app, according to the number-crunching-smiths at Ars Technica, who found that over 25 million copies have been downloaded and played on Valve’s popular digital download service. We shouldn’t be shocked that such a hardcore, complex game—eve
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Finding a place where I don’t belong in The Elder Scrolls Online
It’s harder than you might expect.
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This week in Elder Scrolls news: fan remakes and Emperor’s crowns
It’s a good week to be an Elder Scrolls fan, and not just because it’s so freaking cold outside that there’s a halfway-decent chance you’ll be able to spot the Northern Lights, reliving that magic hike from Skyrim. One reason to be excited is that the fan project Skywind—a remake of Morrowind using
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The Skyrim food truck tour has returned, still gives no credit to Kill Screen for idea
We don’t always comment on marketing, but this occasion warrants a very special mention. In order to advertise for upcoming MMO The Elder Scrolls Online, publisher Bethesda and publishing giant Future US are planning a food truck tour of America. They’re stopping at all of the major gaming media eve
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Should more games tell us to stop playing and do something else?
The first time I remember seeing a “take a break” message in a game was for Wii Sports. After a set duration of time, a screen popped up between rounds. “Why not take a break?” it said. “You can pause the game by pressing +.” The accompanying image is a stylized freeze-frame of passive aggression: A
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Your Mom Plays Skyrim
A son turned his mother’s Skyrim sessions into a Twitter feed, and her questions about thistles, stolen goods and 5,000 gold houses became the plainest argument for play there is.