Blatant sexism and misogyny in gaming culture may be the work of a minority of gamers, but it’s still an important issue that deserves an open conversation. The ugly backlash to Anita Sarkeesian’s Tropes vs. Women Kickstarter project is an illustration why.
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In NESteros, when Ned went looking for his sister he went to the wrong tower first where he was informed curtly by the mushroom-Maester: “I’m sorry, but the princess is in another castle.” Yesterday we explored the marvelous world of WesterosCraft. Today, feast your eyes on this bit of Super Mario Bros. nostalgia from redditor […]
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Bigpoint debuted its first trailer for upcoming browser-based MMO ‘Game of Thrones Seven Kingdoms’ at Comic-Con. Watch it below.
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Block by block, enterprising Minecraft players are rebuilding the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, from George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones and the HBO series of the same name. It’s no small task, and the images are even more impressive than this ambitious project sounds. From King’s Landing to The Wall, Westeros is being digitally reimagined using […]
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A new web series debuts in October to help promote ‘s Halo 4. 343 Industries and Corp. unveiled the official trailer for the web series Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, a live-action digital series based on Xbox video game franchise. The series will air on Machinima beginning on Oct. 5, 2012. There will be a total of […]
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Dish subscribers won’t be able to watch Season 5 of Breaking Bad. AMC invites them to switch providers, and tosses in a live stream of the show’s Season 5 premiere.
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We’ve been talking a lot lately about the Uncanny Valley – the idea that the closer artificial humanity gets to real life, the more unsettling it becomes – and we’ve focused most of our discussion around realism in video games. The further we head toward the Uncanny Valley, the more jarring our video game characters […]
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Apropos of our Rockstar-should-make-a-Medieval game conversation earlier today: Via xkcd, which you should click over to, because the hover text on the original is – as per usual – what cinches the comic. Thanks to b psycho for the tip. Follow me on Twitter or Facebook. Read my Forbes blog here.
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Are declining player numbers for Blizzard’s Diablo III bad news for the game, or is it just business as usual? The CEOs of Xfire and DFC Intelligence talk about what it all means.
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Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar Games needs to go back in time – way back to the Dark Ages.
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