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When Sports Games Feel Like Casinos, Players Rarely Win
The video game NBA 2K24 lets fans play as their favorite basketball stars. It’s $70 but there is pressure to…
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Arts
Rage and Fury Make These Diabolical Games Easy to Watch
One slip-up is devastating in Chained Together, The Game of Sisyphus and A Difficult Game About Climbing. That’s what makes…
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Magazine
Negro Leagues Throwbacks Let Fans Wear a ‘Piece of History’
By striving for authenticity, brands like Ebbets Field Flannels have created jerseys, hats and shirts that are equal parts fashion…
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Magazine
He Memorized the World With Google Maps. Now He’s Exploring It.
Few people are better than Trevor Rainbolt at identifying obscure locations online — but there’s even more joy in watching…
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Arts
Cosmic Horror Awaits Aboard a Perilous Oil Rig
The Chinese Room has long delivered unconventional game worlds. The metal offshore structure in Still Wakes the Deep might be…
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Arts
A Publishing Haven for the Offbeat and Irreverent
Devolver Digital teams with independent video game studios and gives them immense freedom. Just don’t kill Jeff Bezos.
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Elden Ring Raised Masochists, and They’re Back for More
Influencers who have guided players through an unforgiving world are powering anticipation for the video game’s next chapter, Shadow of…
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Arts
The Painstaking Quest to Portray a Tortured Warrior
For the hyperrealistic visuals in the video game Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, the studio traveled to Iceland, took thousands of…
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Arts
Minecraft Is an Infinite Sandbox That’s Being Beaten in Minutes
Speedrunners are using algorithms and canny methods against a fire-breathing dragon to complete Minecraft, which is turning 15 this week,…
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A Puzzle Game With Roots in Resnais and Resident Evil
In addition to its gaming influences, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes contains traces of postmodern novels and the French New…