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Cibele captures all the awkward intimacy of digital love
The fickle, ephemeral love of the online boyfriend.
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2Dark, the next game from Alone in the Dark creator, gets a classically horrific trailer
You know when a horror game or trailer for a game pulls out the creepy little girl lullaby music, it’s a sure sign that shit’s about to get real—too real. 2Dark, the next project from creator of the classic Alone in the Dark series, Frédérick Raynal, knows his game is supposed to be a hokey, fun-sca
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Stay, Mum is a tear-jerker about a strained mother-son relationship
According to Freud, one of the most traumatic events in a child’s early life can be watching his mother leave. Observing one child who, following his mother’s departure, would always joyfully fling his toys far away only to reel them back in and do it all over again, Freud deduced that this “game” w
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With Detroit: Become Human, David Cage makes some uncomfortable parallels
David Cage, the game developer equivalent of an ex-boyfriend who refuses to accept you’ll never love each other the same way again, announced his next title at Paris Game Week yesterday. Coming off the heels of Indigo Prophecy, a game often touted as ahead of its time, and more recently Beyond: Two
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Might and Delight’s latest trailer for Child Cooper is a feast for your eyes
“In a lot of ways, you could call us an art collective,” says Vic Bassey, COO of Might and Delight, the creators of the naturalistic game series Shelter. “We’re a small team of extremely creative thinkers and doers with an appreciation of the arts. Be it literature, music or more contemporary forms
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Job Hunting Simulator has all the soul crushing reality of an actual job hunt
Great news, everyone! Unemployment is down to 5.1%, the lowest its been since 2008! The American dream is resuscitated, pumping a feeble yet confident fist up into the air. Well, except for millennials, that is, where unemployment is still at a resounding 13.8 % as of May 2015. Yeah, that’s right, i
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Drake’s awkward "Hotline Bling" dancing is the ultimate in uncool as cool
Those goofy Hotline Bling moves show that “nerd culture” is now pop culture Drake, memes, and the art of being uncool
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Mattel revamps its Barbie marketing strategy to empower girls through play
Girls are important, play is important.
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Someone figure out this terrifying internet puzzle already so I can sleep at night
It’s important to appreciate the spoopiest month of the year by scouring the internet for what it does best: telling you horrifying stories that freak you the fuck out. From creepy pasta to Slender Man, you might as well think of the internet as the ultimate crowd-sourced nightmare fuel. And now we
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The IRL Dogmeat is nobly keeping Bethesda sane before the release of Fallout 4
Meet the real life Dogmeat from Fallout 4, who brings joy to even the bleakest post-apocalypse
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The Meeting captures the surreal bliss of falling asleep at work
The Meeting by Matt Bethancourt is a simulation of the secret ritual of the office gathering. It plays almost uncannily similar to those HR-mandated “hang outs” that kick off your work week, where Cindy airs her unending grievances about the break room bandit and everyone votes on when to have the o
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The tortured existence of the town that supposedly inspired Silent Hill
A new victim of the Silent Hill mythology has been uncovered, and it is neither in the form of a new game or a new movie (thankfully, for the latter at least). A recent addition to The Campo Santo Quarterly Review, a journal curated by the ombudsman of the small yet star-studded game studio of forme