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The Future of Video Games Is … Reality TV?
Over by the pool, a slap fight breaks out. Two cast members, no longer content to trade insults, are flailing
Continue readingA ‘House of the Dragon’ Star Made a Video Game to Grieve His Father
A decade ago, Abubakar Salim lost his father. That grief lives within him. An actor by trade, with credits in
Continue readingIs AI the Future of NPCs?
Bloom, a non-player character with a face like a potato and a black beanie pulled tight around his ears, wants
Continue reading‘Super Mario Bros. Wonder’ Almost Had a Live-Action Mario
Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s titular flowers can make the game Get Weird, whether it’s by changing the game’s stage or
Continue readingGameScent Wants You to Smell the Gunfire While You Play Video Games
Burnt rubber and gunfire are not the most pleasing of smells, but for action games, they might be the most
Continue reading‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’ Initial Prototypes Were ‘Chaos’
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom developers had a problem: The land of Hyrule kept falling apart. Anyone
Continue readingThe Small Company at the Center of ‘Gamergate 2.0’
Amidst all of this, Sweet Baby, a 16-person outfit in an industry of tens of thousands, has become a lightning
Continue readingAerith’s Fate in ‘Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’ Is Causing a Rift Among Fans
There’s no more important death in video games than that of Final Fantasy VII’s flower girl, Aerith. In the 1997
Continue reading‘Pokémon Legends: Z-A’ Is Coming in 2025. Will a New Nintendo Switch Join It?
A new Pokémon Legends game is coming to the “Nintendo Switch family of systems” in 2025. Pokémon Legends: Z-A, announced
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