#190Video Games And Real Life Are Becoming One
“The avatar becomes the first draft of the self. That’s why this shift is bigger than digital fashion. It speaks to a new order of taste formation”
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#190Metroid at 40: how Samus Aran became gaming's greatest heroine
Suddenly, the suit disappears. What remains is … a woman! And a hot one, at that.
#190Canon — An Art History Game
Train your eye on famous paintings — guess the artist and year, then learn where the work was made and who shaped its artistic world.
#188A History of Games Through Mass Extinctions
“Nintendo of America links videogames to masculine toy culture. We are still paying the price of this gender gap in technology.”
#188Focus: Gaming Apps That Help Combat ADHD-Like Behavior
A Teen Vogue roundup of gaming apps designed to help teens sharpen attention and manage ADHD-like symptoms through play.
Map Map – A Game About Maps
“Map the environment to turn unknown islands into a hand-drawn journey toward a legendary treasure.”
Bongo Cat
“Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar.”
How D&D evolved from Prussian wargaming
“In his experience, most hobby wargamers were strictly anti-war.”
Cursor Camp
“A campground for your cursor”
Househunt: Fun With Real Homes
“The only game with real houses - guess house prices, buy up your dream homes, flip houses for a profit and live out your real estate mogul fantasies.”
Cartel Pilots Wanted
“If you're going to take shady smuggling flights, you might as well do it with friends, right?”
Transfer Point
An indie game from Robot Spacer Software
Nippets
A Steam game called Nippets - the title alone suggests this belongs in the "games people play" category
Four Rules for a Good Walk
“First, there needs to be a proper reason to walk.”
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Liminal Bingo
liminalbingo.com
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#187
“Pat Perry's photo game for anyone who wants to glimpse into a magical haunted reservoir sitting just beneath the surface of the everyday world.”
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Why Are We Playing Video Games About Work?
The New York Times
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#185
To some extent, it expresses this desire for things to be more straightforward, like ‘If I do X, I’ll get Y.
- Gears of War: E-Day - Official Gameplay Trailer YouTube Sent #185
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Prompt-Brush
Prompt-Brush
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#183
The world's first non-AI generative art model
- Classic text in terminal Threads Sent #183
- Simulation Toys Microcosm Industries Sent #182
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we were online
Spencer Chang
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#181
the internet has no benches.
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Party Game by Sound
TikTok
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#177
A party game that relies on audio cues and sound-based gameplay
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Power Washer II helps with cancer treatments
BBC
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#177
It always makes me really upset when I think about it. I mean, in a nice way.