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In Zeno Clash 2, we take swings, but can't seem to connect

Chilean developers ACE Team can't quite make it to the bell.

May 24 Articles

Kong busts out, Pokemon live in luxury, and one slippery potato

Welcome to Barbeque Season.

May 24 News

First-person Trader Joe's, long-faced Joe Biden, and Shelter's sacrificial mamma badger is back

Is it just me or are sled dogs having a cultural moment?

May 23 News

Can a giant banana"save" the sinking islands of the Maldives?

A battle rages for the newfound democracy of the Maldives. How a set of gamemakers entered the fray.

May 23 Articles

The new Xbox isn’t for you. It’s for everyone.

The curious place of Microsoft's new "game console."

May 22 Articles

Microsoft wants you to buy Xbox One, watch Halo TV, and play more fantasy football

Behold, the messiah has risen!

May 22 News

The Kill Screen Review: Metro: Last Light turns up the gas

Metro: Last Light has great atmosphere. But don't inhale.

May 21 Reviews

AR-15, the Pokemon ballet, and electroshock therapy may improve your game

All is quiet as the internet awaits the announcement of the next Xbox.

May 21 News

Denis Dyack defends himself, 90s mascot rivalry finally crumbles, and Happy Xbox Eve!

Welcome to the week ahead.

May 20 News

How the sound designers of The Last of Us built a quiet armageddon

We go deep with Naughty Dog's Phil Kovats about recording puddles of water and the sound of the end of the world.

May 20 Articles

Las Vegas' new king of pinball doesn't care what you think

Next time you're in Vegas, go where the real men play: Tim Arnold's Pinball Hall of Fame.

May 17 Profiles

League of Legends goes Anthony Burgess, Golden State Warriors fan fiction, and the Bitcoin Bundle

The Outdoor issue ships next week!

May 17 News

Meet the man who's been playing the same Pokémon character for a decade

How far would you go to keep your favorite videogame character alive?

May 16 Interviews

Jimmy eats cake, Twitch goes Live, and Robert Frost: The Game

Catch up with us.

May 16 News

Inside the strange and confusing world of Kickstarter consultants

The success of the crowd-funding site has birthed a cottage industry of consultants. Is it really worth it?

May 15 Articles

The world's greatest cakes, R.I.P. NBA Jam, and NASA wants to put you on Mars (virtually)

Ah, memories!

May 15 News

Rymdkapsel will make you fall in love with pixels...by sacrificing them

The Malmö-based Martin Jonasson takes a run at space strategy with style, grace, and brutality.

May 14 Articles

Tecmo Bo wins, gay Miis lose, and a Phoenix rises in the west

Here here.

May 14 News

Reflections on Twofivesix, our first videogames arts + culture conference

Coffee, brisket, and conversation. A post-mortem.

May 13 Articles

World of Warcraft's top guild quits, SimCity's missing parking lots, and the art of Francis Bacon

An unexpectedly morose cheat sheet for Monday. The week can only get better from here!

May 13 News

Stealthy kitty-cats, another console goes POP!, and Mr. Schafer answers all

Don't forget to write.

May 10 News

Dress Up Drake, Steve Wozniak talks phone phreaks, and Will Wright wants to know your deepest private thoughts

Dress up Drake is a thing. So is Cello Hero. WUUUUT?

May 9 News

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is all bluster & no boom

The promise of the kitsch 80s falls flat in this follow-up to Ubisoft's marquee shooter.

May 9 Articles

Playlist 5/8: An infinite box of candy, the cleanest dot removal system, and a prehistoric puncher returns

The clean notes of Dots, the ASCII grinding of Candy Box, and the 1-2 of Zeno Clash 2 are this week's selections.

May 8 Articles

How The Perfect Woman answers Wikipedia's male bias

Society is always putting idealized representations of women in your face. The Perfect Woman says forget about it.

May 8 Articles

Lights growing on trees, a LGBTQ doc finds a voice, and R.I.P. Ray

Poetry will save us. B. J. Blazkowicz will not.

May 8 News

Hannah Epstein wants to get sued

The Toronto artist is aiming for Disney and Nike by flaunting copyright. Will her protest draw their attention?

May 7 Articles

Virtual decapitations, Miiverse made tangible, and the nastiest jazz piano this side of Calcutta

May 7 News

How Anamanaguchi pulled the 8-bit into the real world

Chiptune is dead. Long live chiptune.

May 6 Articles

Eternal Darkness returns, Roger Ebert talks memes, and a new experimental game console

Technology is getting strange and/or scary!

May 6 News

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