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A new standard has been set for children’s apps
Tinybop’s digital toys are not made for grown-ups, but you’ll wish they were.
David Rudin
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Steam’s economist now sits atop a steaming pile of Greek debt
Money money money, online and off
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Government is strangely nonplussed when World of Warcraft gold is used for IRL drugs
Early in the morning of January 19, 2015, shoppers on bankofwow.com could buy 10,000 units of World of Warcraft gold for as little as $4.22. In addition to being traded within WoW, this virtual gold could theoretically be used to barter for (possibly illicit) physical goods or, as Bank of WoW proves
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A Criterion Collection for videogames?
How do you curate technology?
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Finally, a videogame that makes you smell better
Game your way to proper oral hygiene.
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A brief introduction to dreidel hacking
Religious games sometimes call for intervention from the central bank.
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The Year in Ass
Ass is both a source and subject of power, in the real world and in videogames.
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Tate Worlds mines classic artwork for Minecraft inspiration
Jump into paintings, sort of.
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The release of Papers, Please for iPad is a commentary on border policing
Is technology improving the ways we screen those entering and exiting our countries?
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Comic Sans is dead; long live these new, game-inspired fonts
Read up on it.
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If you build it, will they come back?
World of Warcraft and Detroit have responded similarly to dwindling populations.
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Everyone at the CIA is playing a puzzle game named Kryptos
Games at work are good for national security