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PAUSE: turn your toddler into a Gameboy.
Mashable has an adorable slideshow up of baby clothing fit for any self-respecting geek. My favorite is this restyling of the Nintendo Gameboy available at Etsy. Batteries not included. [via Mashable]
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Has TiVo turned our television shows into games?
There has been some argument recently about how appropriate it is to compare videogames to works of literature. Is a game something you can “skim” the same way you would a book? And if a game resembles a physical (albeit still primarily textual) space moreso than a literary world, what does it mean
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How can museums become more interactive? Look to carnivals.
Besides finally earning their place on gallery walls next to comic books and fine art with The Smithsonian’s “The Art of Video Games” exhibit, and, well, augmenting museum exhibitions at no less a place than The Louvre, games may continue to influence the way art and culture is curated and exhibited
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Cheat Sheet 4/24: Crysis 3, Uncharted 3 GOTY, and the next Call of Duty.
Tuesday. Tuesday? Tuesday! Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Game of the Year Edition was announced. BioWare has insisted that Star Wars: The Old Republic is not losing subscribers. Activision is going to announce the next Call of Duty title on May 1st. Blizzard revealed more of the Witch Doctor’s prop
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A physics professor finally takes a crack at Angry Birds.
How often have you been slinging birds through outer space lately and found yourself wondering, “this seems fun, but is it really accurate?” No, not the part about birds being slung through space without pressurized suits and some source of oxygen, just the physics question. Physics Professor Rhett
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Interview: we talk with Ken Levine about the thought and theory behind Bioshock Infinite.
The day before I was scheduled to meet with Ken Levine, I caught a brief glimpse of him walking around the floor of PAX East. I didn’t recognize him at first, but standing in a long line of devotees and cosplayers-fans who dress up in elaborately constructed costumes of their favorite characters-a l
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PAUSE: RuPaul’s Glamazon music video is one-half 8-bit charm. The rest is drag.
video Last night’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race shocked some fans by [spoiler alert] once again changing the rules of the game in the already tumultuous fourth season. Following the show’s tradition, the final three contestants star in a new music video with RuPaul. While normally these show off th
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Loot and Libraries
What games and players can learn from System Shock 2, and why the most effective videogame story may be an incomplete one.
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Cheat Sheet 4/18: Halo 4 release date, struggling Vita sales, and the next Silent Hill movie
Here is today in five bullet-points: -Playstation Vita sales sank to a new low. -A new Silent Hill movie is due out this October. -Halo 4’s release date was officially announced. -Ubisoft is being sued over the Assassin’s Creed storyline. -Darksiders II was delayed. That’s all for now! See you tomor
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Twitter takes a stand on intellectual property.
Yesterday, Twitter took a bold step into the contentious world of software patents and intellectual property with its “Innovators Patent Agreement” (the other IPA), which the company’s VP of engineering described as an effort to keep “control in the hands of engineers and designers.” Rebecca Rosen e
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"Draw Something" steadily becomes "Draw Something Famous."
Given Zynga’s reputation in the game community, everybody was curious what would happen with the phenomenon of “Draw Something” following its sudden acquisition by the social gaming giant. Would it simply become “Draw Something with Friends?” or, I suppose, the simply title “Drawing with Friends?” I
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PAUSE: Your car as a videogame commercial.
tk Pong may be one of the older videogames ever created, but the German agency BBDO certainly found a way to bring the game up to date. Tasked with showing that the Smart Fortwo electric drive was not only green but also fun, the company created this massive version of pong called “eBall” to showcas