Video Games articles

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  Extreme Reality makes a valiant attempt at tracking 3D movements with a standard camera

  By Justin Rubio on January 7, 2013 10:42 pm + 3 comments

  Consumer-level 3D cameras like Microsoft's Kinect provide an accessible way to track body movements Continue reading…

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  NRA blames 'Grand Theft Auto,' 'American Psycho,' and music videos for gun violence

  By Adi Robertson on December 21, 2012 11:51 am + 627 comments

  After temporarily suspending its operations on social media, the National Rifle Association held a Continue reading…

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  Spacewar! exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image

  on December 20, 2012 02:44 pm

  A new exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image Continue reading…

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  Senator proposes study on the effects of violent video games in wake of Sandy Hook shooting

  By Adi Robertson on December 19, 2012 03:52 pm + 193 comments

  Reports that Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza was a gamer have prompted a new round Continue reading…

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  It's time to have a rational discussion on video game violence

  By Kimber Streams on December 18, 2012 01:45 pm + 141 comments

  Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza was a gamer, a discovery which has rekindled the very stale cycle of Continue reading…

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  How the New York Public Library is embracing the art of video games

  By Kimber Streams on December 17, 2012 02:52 pm + 1 comments

  The New York Public Library has played host to book clubs, film clubs, and since May of this year, a Continue reading…

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  Text adventure games explore the deeper side of war

  By Kimber Streams on December 12, 2012 12:05 pm + 3 comments

  Like all forms of entertainment, video games traverse a variety of topics, but many well known AAA Continue reading…

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  The Classics: 'Carnival'

  By Laura June on December 8, 2012 01:00 pm + 9 comments

  The Classics are must-see, must-read, must-play works revered by The Verge staff. They offer Continue reading…

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  War games: Soviet arcade museum features military-built machines

  By Justin Rubio on December 3, 2012 12:42 pm + 7 comments

  Arcade machines built in the Soviet Union during the 1970s were a bit different than those found in Continue reading…

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  The history of Pong, the arcade classic that changed the game

  By Ben Kersey on November 30, 2012 07:25 am

  Buzzfeed has taken a look at why the lucrative video games industry wouldn’t be possible without Continue reading…