The ‘Girl Games’ of the ’90s Were Fun and Feminist
My favorite Purple Moon games revolved around eighth grader Rockett Movado. Each title centered on a significant day (or days)
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‘Valheim’ Is Changing How We Play Survival Games
How would you describe the art aesthetic of Valheim? Playstation-Modern perhaps 😉 – Neoplaystationism? With two million copies sold in
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How Google’s Grand Plan to Make Stadia Games Fell Apart
Eventually, Stadia Games and Entertainment teams got the software and people it needed to gain momentum prototyping Stadia games. The
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Can Video Games Be a Healthy Outlet for Stress Relief?
Video games have become an increasingly vital form of entertainment for many people over the course of the last year.
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The Woman Bulldozing Video Games’ Toughest DRM
For Empress, cracking titles like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Immortals Fenyx Rising is more than a pastime. It’s a
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The Rot of Riot Games Culture Starts at the Top
In 2014, Riot Games then-executive assistant Melanie McCracken began to notice that her supervisor, Jin Oh, didn’t seem to hire
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Games Don’t Judge You for Expressing Your True Self
Ruberg asserts that games allow trans people, queer people, and others with marginalized identities to present themselves in whatever way
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The Case for Launching an Easy Mode for Difficult Games
Video games should be playable by people of all experience levels and skill sets. This shouldn’t be a controversial statement.
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How to Keep Kids Engaged in School—With Games
I teach a journalism class at NYU to high school students via Zoom. When I first set up my course,
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The Video Games We’re Most Looking Forward to in 2021
This light-hearted, silly adventure seems to fuse person-to-person coordination, strategy, and reflexes—a welcome combination of things for folks who have
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