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Newton v. Galileo in ultimate historical grudge match of a board game

The worker-placement board game The New Science lets you play as one of five legendary scientists. Each turn requires dividing three action tokens between research, experimentation, or publishing. Players can learn about scientists’ conflicting motivations, and pretending to be Issac Newton sounds p

What can one-trick art games teach us?

You know the game. It’s kind of arty, and it does one thing really well, and it presents itself as some kind of metaphor for life. Games like Passage or The Marriage. A recent game in this vein, Lim, has you blending in to pass by other people. I got stuck fairly early on, and felt like the message

IndieCade’s helpful guide to the best indie games

There are so many indie games out there that it’s hard to know which ones are worth your time. Conveniently, IndieCade has collected some of the year’s best indie games on their website. Some of the games, like Zombie Yoga, are still in development, while others, like Cart Life, have been out for a

Google tracks gamers, and they can predict your purchases

By default, Google keeps track of user browsing histories. Many game players are also Google users, so they can follow your game-playing habits from the time you searched “XCOM release date” to “XCOM walkthrough.” Some interesting tidbits: -27% of tip-seekers browse from a mobile device. -84% of gam