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Human Angle: The Digital Road Warrior

on May 1, 2013 07:24 pm + 1 comments

Polygon has a new video series, Human Angle, where they seek out the forces that move the gaming Continue reading…
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Why the 'Super Mario Bros.' movie was actually ahead of its time

By Carl Franzen on April 5, 2013 05:53 pm + 43 comments

Believe it or not, we're coming up on the 20th anniversary of the massive critical and box-office Continue reading…
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'BioShock Infinite' makes great art from America's racist past and political present

By Ben Popper on April 2, 2013 09:00 am + 206 comments

I find myself awake, in a mysterious rowboat, heading to a lighthouse, surrounded by the sea. W Continue reading…
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Death is dead: how modern video game designers killed danger

By Adi Robertson on March 28, 2013 03:56 pm + 102 comments

"The word 'Newtown' is something we need to be thinking about and having conversations about." It's Continue reading…
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The sociological origins of drawing dicks in videogames

By Aaron Souppouris on March 22, 2013 07:12 am + 46 comments

As Nobel-prize chasers search for a cure to HIV, and Bill Gates squanders his fortune on new and Continue reading…
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'Game of Thrones' author George R.R. Martin on piracy, video games, and new shows with HBO

By Bryan Bishop on March 21, 2013 03:45 pm + 84 comments

George R.R. Martin is the man behind A Song of Ice and Fire — the series of epic novels upon which Continue reading…
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Down and out in the Uncanny Valley with Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe

By Amar Toor on March 21, 2013 10:00 am + 63 comments

On the industrial outskirts of Paris, far removed from all the glitz, glamour, and tourist traps, Continue reading…
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Why isn't there more comedy in video games?

By Nathan Ingraham on March 19, 2013 11:08 am + 84 comments

The question of whether or not video games are "art" is a long-standing one, and it often centers Continue reading…
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Watch the first episode of 'Tropes vs. Women,' Anita Sarkeesian's series on video game stereotypes

By Adi Robertson on March 7, 2013 05:46 pm + 371 comments

In May 2012, an unassuming Kickstarter project by feminist critic Anita Sarkeesian found both Continue reading…
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EA unifies logins to let you stop playing on one device and start on another

By Jacob Kastrenakes on February 27, 2013 10:45 am + 20 comments

EA games will soon allow you to pick up where you left off across all available platforms, from Continue reading…