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CD Projekt Red and Cyberpunk 2077 appear to have a transphobia problem
CD Projekt Red (CDPR), the Polish software house responsible for the recent release of Cyberpunk 2077, have been facing a backlash from the LGBTQ+ community for their transphobic marketing since at least as far back as August 2018. As Cyberpunk 2077 neared eventual release after…
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The Offworld Collection available to order
The Offworld Collection , presenting the very best features and essays from Offworld , is finally available to buy directly from Campo Santo for $40. I had the pleasure of designing and illustrating this splendid 250-page hardcover volume, but it's the excellent writing, edited…
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This week in games: inactivity, brutalism, The Witness and more
Zoya Street, curator of Critical Distance, offers slow reflections on the fast-paced world of digital play… The post This week in games: inactivity, brutalism, The Witness and more appeared first on Boing Boing .
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What was it like working a Nintendo hotline in the 80s?
This week, our partnership with Critical Distance brings us reading on parenting via Tomb Raider, the utility of the word 'gameplay', and experiences from Nintendo 'play counselors' from the 1980s and 90s. The post What was it like working a Nintendo hotline in the 80s? appeared…
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Black women are already superheroes
What can game developers do to better represent black women in games? The post Black women are already superheroes appeared first on Boing Boing .
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Networked gaming is the new social media, and it's a boys' club
Earlier this fall, Pew released the results of a new survey documenting how digital networks are key to how teens connect with friends. What was most striking was the gender disparity. Girls socialize via text and social media, and boys tend to connect with friends through video…
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The best games about home are the ones that make you leave it
There's something comforting about games that mirror the everyday rituals of departure and return, the rhythms of our real lives. The post The best games about home are the ones that make you leave it appeared first on Boing Boing .
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Find an antidote for your poisoned sister in an alien sea
Playing a Porpentine game often feels like stepping into a poem, or sitting downstream in a river as strange images float by like beautiful, twisted debris. She's primarily known for her Twine games and interactive fiction , where her distinctive alien worlds are fleshed out in…
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Ecco the Dolphin swims in a sea of animated glitches
Ecco the Dolphin was undoubtedly one of the trippiest games to emerge from the early '90s, a psychedelic ocean adventure about Atlantis, time machines and giant crystals whose gameplay was once turned into a six-hour meditation video . But it's never looked quite as surreal as…
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You can now own the Fez soundtrack on gorgeous translucent colored vinyl
Disasterpiece's remarkable soundtrack for Fez has been released on beautiful pollen-colored vinyl, alongside a striking red-and-gold physical release for the game itself. The post You can now own the Fez soundtrack on gorgeous translucent colored vinyl appeared first on Boing…
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Fix a clock tower on a mysterious island, you dashing horologist
Once upon a time, clock towers were a sort of public utility, a shared temporal reference point that synchronized communities where personal timepieces were often a rarity. Although we hardly need the reminder in the modern age of smartphones, there's something about these…
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Ancient adventure texts at last unearthed
Well, this is wonderful—Jason Scott, creator of the GET LAMP documentary and tireless historian in the service of games, is releasing a huge trove of scans from the archives of Infocom veteran Steve Meretzky. Infocom, of course, was a leading developer of mysterious and…
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Relive the thrill of using Windows 95 in this office simulator
Remember back in the heady days of the mid-1990s, when playing computer games felt like running around in a endless maze of cardboard walls? Relive it today in Payroll , a game that simulates both the excitement of working in an office building, and the thrill of running Windows…
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You are the Animal Inspector, and some pets just aren't any good
In a world where pets are taking up too much space, you have to decide which goofy, startled animals are useful and which are not. But can you save your own sweet furry buddy? The post You are the Animal Inspector, and some pets just aren't any good appeared first on Boing Boing…
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Can games exist without players?
This week, our partnership with Critical Distance brings us interviews with the developers behind Cibele and Uriel's Chasm , as well as a meditation on games that aren't meant to be played. First up, Keith Stuart chatted with Nina Freeman about her recent game Cibele : Has…
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A chess set that could teach aliens how to play
What if you could learn how to play chess simply by looking at the pieces? That's one of the ideas behind Orthogonal/Diagonal , an exhibition where artist Nova Jiang has reimagined chess with 3D-printed pieces designed to convey their rules of movement—and their relative…
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Help a blind girl find her cat in a world where you see without eyes
I watched the Bob Ross marathon on Twitch recently, where a whole new generation got to discover the magic that emerges from his brushes: how you can turn away for a moment and turn back to find a whole new world materializing across a blank canvas. — Read the rest The post Help…
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In just a few keystrokes and five scenes, the most striking game about guns
A shot rings out in the dark, lighting up one of dozens of faceless windows in front of you. This game is about the feelings that follow. The post In just a few keystrokes and five scenes, the most striking game about guns appeared first on Boing Boing .
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Design a new subway system for your favorite city
Subway systems are circulatory systems, moving the lifeblood of a city from place to place beneath its skin. In the game Mini Metro , you get to be the engineer who maps out the veins, connecting all the stops in colorful tangles that keep the city moving as it grows around you.…
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Learn coding with Minecraft? It's not just for kids
The developers of Minecraft have created a new tool designed to teach coding to kids—but it has a lot to offer grown-up newbies, too. The post Learn coding with Minecraft? It's not just for kids appeared first on Boing Boing .