When boundaries were pushed at this year’s Nordic Game Jam, it was in all senses: technological, creative, and personal. Thomas Rousse followed the two-day development of Awkward Tarzan Grinding Game and found its tangle of dongles and vines anything but.
?Between War Horse and Bronies, pop culture is currently obsessed with two things: horses and iPhones. Drew Millard dives into My Horse, an iPhone game about horses, and comes up for air—with a thesis of the new generation between his teeth.
How would snow or Tebow factor into the upcoming Superbowl? In anticipation of this weekend’s game of all games, Abe Stein shares his findings on various simulation matches via Madden 2012.
Recent cash-in knockoffs of popular mobile games Tiny Tower and Triple Town have the gaming scene in a fury. But there’s a problem with this scenario: It’s nothing new, with plenty of precedent in other media. Game designers need to embrace their copycats. Here’s why.
