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Tales from the Borderlands shoots second, asks questions first
Pandora with fewer explosions is still pretty much Pandora.
Tag: The Walking Dead
News
If everything is interactive, then nothing is interactive
Clicking on this article or any other prompt is not “interactive.”
Review
The Walking Dead’s season finale crystallizes the game’s uneasy morality
What those morals are remains up for grabs.
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Child’s Play
Why can’t videogames find a meaningful place for children?
Review
The Walking Dead’s penultimate episode is strangely subdued
Things are quiet … too quiet.
Article
I had a panic attack while playing The Walking Dead. Is this a good thing?
What games can help us overcome.
Feature
The Wolf Among Us’s finale feels surprisingly real-life for a comicbook
Whose fantasy is this?
News
TV and film are full of bad dads, but games are doing better
“[On TV] if there is a dad in the home, he is an idiot. It must have reflected our own discomfort with dads being competent,” said Hanna Rosin on a panel about the future of fatherhood this weekend at the Aspen Ideas Festival. “You put a dad in front of his kid, and the dad gives the worst advice. You put a dad in front of a toaster and he burns the house down.” Alexis Madrigal echoed the refrain: “As a new dad, I’ve often been struck with horror at dads I see on TV. On the small screen, dads are…
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Prepare to agonize over moral choices in the Walking Dead pinball game. Yes, really
In one of the most unlikely crossovers yet, Telltale is bringing their trademark zombie apocalypse-inspired moral choices to the pinball table. You won’t just be shooting the silver ball off bumpers to crush the undead then up a ramp to load Kenny’s pickup when the game comes out later this summer. The virtual table by Zen Studios will have legitimate crises of conscience, where you making decisions about who to save and who to leave behind for zombie fodder, just like the acclaimed adventure game. This is great news if you long to return to those bleak but content days…