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The Truth in Games
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu • 7 min
Veteran game designer and writer Frank Lantz reflects on the power of video games to capture and express sublime truths.
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Sony’s PlayStation Portal gives a confusing first impression
www.theverge.com • 4 min
The PlayStation Portal is a perplexing single-purpose device.
38 Years Ago, Nintendo Changed Pop Culture Forever
kotaku.com • 5 min
Or, how a plumber and his powerful butt transformed the world
Real Play - The Paris Review
www.theparisreview.org • 8 min
“I wanted them to have Friends, then Crushes. I wanted them to Fall in Love–symbolized by red hearts, which would spin around their heads.”
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss on making The Matrix Awakens with Epic Games
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Epic Games made an interactive Matrix experience to show off its upcoming Unreal Engine 5. We sat down with the two stars of the demo and the Matrix movies, ...
E3 is dead. Now what?
www.gamesindustry.biz • 10 min
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox After more than two decades as the industr…
How to Win at Wordle (Without Cheating)
www.quantamagazine.org • 5 min
Solve these puzzle questions to level up your Wordle game.
Larian on signing Baldur's Gate 3, approaching a new era, and games you've never heard about
www.eurogamer.net • 20+ min
I saw sides to Baldur's Gate 3 last week - at an event for the launch version of the game (due 3rd August on PC) - I di…
Why the head of Xbox isn’t worried about AI, Netflix or the future
www.polygon.com • 18+ min
Phil Spencer talks with Polygon about the future of living games, Xbox’s huge 2024, AI, and more
Emerging developers on Roblox are gaming’s rising stars
venturebeat.com • 20+ min
Amid the sea of bad news about layoffs, there aren't many bright spots in gaming. But making games on the Roblox platform can be one of them.
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14 Fun Facts About Dungeons & Dragons
www.smithsonianmag.com • 12+ min
Before watching the new movie adaptation, here's what you need to know about the history of the fantasy role-playing game
Inside the Esports Industry's War for Survival
decrypt.co • 12+ min
Decrypt's investigation reveals the ongoing challenges in the young esports industry—and where things may be headed in years to come.
Why gaming is so important to players with chronic pain
www.eurogamer.net • 6 min
A look at the true importance of gaming for people with chronic pain.
How to let a metaverse die
www.polygon.com • 7 min
The death of beloved MMOs can teach us how to let go
34 years later, a 13-year-old hits the NES Tetris “kill screen”
arstechnica.com • 6 min
BlueScuti forces the game to crash after 40 minutes and 1,511 lines.
Inside Apple's Massive Push to Transform the Mac Into a Gaming Paradise
www.inverse.com • 14+ min
In an interview with Apple product marketing managers Leland Martin, Doug Brooks, and Gordon Keppel, we go deep on how Apple is transforming the Mac into a respectable AAA video games platform that…