FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoGaming Industry How to support a videogame in 2019 | Unwinnableunwinnable.com - Malindy Hetfeld Supporting a game in 2019 can be hard. the more you know about the industry, the more difficult it can become to support it, or easier to latch onto …
PlayStation 4 Assassin's Creed Odyssey's 'best' ending is its weakesteurogamer.net - Sam Greer The main quest of Assassin's Creed Odyssey isn't really about fighting an evil cult. It's not even about settling the fate of the Greek world, …
Why Games Need Better Non-Player Charactersfanbyte.com - Annie Mok Of all of the various epithets hurled around by right-wing internet users, “NPC” is the least immediately obvious in its meaning. “Cuck” is pretty …
Hospitals ‘Project Hospital’ is A Great Way to Understand Our Broken Healthcare SystemVICE - Ian BoudreauMy father has run emergency rooms for years, but I didn't fully understand his job until we played a game together. My father has always been a doctor, at least as far as I’m concerned. He was the director
Google Stadia How Google Stadia Made Me Reflect on My Physical Gaming Spacedualshockers.com - Chris Compendio It is no secret that video game companies are betting on streaming as the future of the industry. With Google being perhaps the loudest and most …
PlayStation Rage 2 is a fun game that makes me feel like garbagePolygon - Chris PlanteEvery time I begin to enjoy Rage 2, it finds a new way to treat me like shit. There’s a lot of individual bits I’ve liked in Bethesda’s new post-apocalyptic shooter, created by the open-world geniuses
Play buttonJohn Wick John Wick’s choreographed action is being turned into a strategy gameThe Verge - Andrew WebsterJohn Wick: Chapter 3 isn’t your only chance to spend some quality time with everyone’s favorite hitman. The franchise is getting a promising video game spinoff as well. Today, publisher Good Shepherd John
Persona (Video Game) Exploring the vast mythology of the Persona serieseurogamer.net - Cian Maher "Imitations they may be, but together, they make a fine spectacle..." When I played Persona for the first time, I was immediately enamoured of the …
How Bullet Hell Games Helped Me Work Through Anxietyfanbyte.com - Blake P My first experience with carpal tunnel happened after a five-hour marathon of indie Japanese shoot ‘em ups called Touhou Project. A semester, later, …
Bethesda Bad video game AI makes for hilarious surrealist comedy skitsWired UK - Will Bedingfield Recently, on one of the trawls through YouTube I engage in as a substitute for doing something constructive, I ended up watching clips of bad game AI …
The Origin Of The Term "Gamer" – A Critical Hit!acriticalhit.com - Kate Willaert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXVWtE80KmUThe term “gamer” predates video games by over six centuries. The first known record of the word was found …
SNES How I Fell Out Of Love With Gamesfanbyte.com - Missy Martinez I’ll never forget Christmas morning when I was 12 years old. I can still remember ripping the red Santa hat-adorned wrapping paper open, unsheathing …
The Heartache Of A Video Game That Makes You Shred Real BooksKotaku - Aiden Strawhun The British developer behind the unusual game The Book Ritual calls it a BYOS—bring your own shredder. Alistair Aitcheson showed it to me last month …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Notes on EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK: Actually It Isn’tsufficientlyhuman.com EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK by alienmelon, a.k.a Nathalie Lawhead is an incredible game. Scratch that, it’s an incredible achievement, regardless of …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo The Incredible Vanishing Game Developersufficientlyhuman.com I sat on this one too long and the moment’s passed. What else is new, right? I’ve never been good at being topical, or snappy, or brief, and it all …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo This One Isn’t About Difficultyunwinnable.com - Malindy Hetfeld Is the discussion about game difficulty really about difficulty, or is it more about who we serve when we make player skill a game's main selling …
Nintendo The Game Boy turns 30The Verge - Vjeran Pavic, Sam Byford, Andrew Webster, Bijan Stephen, Nick Statt, Julia Alexander, Chaim GartenbergOn April 21st, 1989, Nintendo unleashed the Game Boy on the world, forever changing video games. The unassuming gray brick may not have been a technical powerhouse, but it helped take the idea of portable
A Secret Server for the Dead MMO 'City of Heroes' Has Players in an Uproar - VICEVICE - Emanuel MaibergWhen copyright law prevented the devoted 'City of Heroes' community from playing its favorite game, the community created its own solution, and a lot of drama. In 2012, Paragon Studios announced it was
'Falcon Age' Is a Damning Anti-Colonialist Story In Search of a Better Game - VICEVICE - Natalie WatsonDon't get me wrong, I LOVE this cute bird. This bird is like family to me. BUT... My name is 0507. At least, that’s what my robotic wardens call me. I’m stuck in a prison operated by the Outer Ring Company,
How Journals Are Bringing Humanity to Video Gamesusgamer.net - Andrew King Nathan Drake pauses for a moment to sketch the symbols etched in the mossy stones of an ancient dais. A chapter in the Van der Linde gang’s story …
Play buttonGender A video game showed me who I really amPolygon - Margaret EvansOne appeal of video games is that they offer an opportunity to experiment with new ideas without fear of consequences. No matter how many times my virtual avatars have been shot, I have yet to have the
Play button No-one looks good playing VReurogamer.net - Julia Hardy I love VR. I've loved it in all of its bastardised and malformed versions over the years. The first time I ever played in virtual reality was at the …
Crazy Taxi Tycoon and the Art of Selling Outdeorbital.media - Matthew Koester Matthew KoesterBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Apr 8 “Counter culture? Capital will commodify it, instigate it, reproduce it and sell it. There is no …
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Play buttonPatreon Noclip makes long-form gaming documentaries that break nearly every YouTube ruleThe Verge - Andrew WebsterNoclip’s latest documentary, an hour-long exploration of the development of the popular spacefaring indie game Astroneer, doesn’t look like a normal YouTube video. Its long runtime is matched with an meaty
Death Stranding 'Death Stranding' "Is Unlike Anything I Have Seen Anyone Else Do"comicbook.com - Tyler Fischer It seems like everyone who Hideo Kojima shows his upcoming game Death Stranding to isn't just blown away, but has a semi-religious experience. The …
Play button Vignettes looks simple, but hides a deeper puzzle gameThe Verge - Michael MooreIt can be difficult to find time to finish a video game, especially if you only have a few hours a week to play. In our biweekly column Short Play we suggest video games that can be started and finished
