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Uzbekistan Ban Lends New Angle to Violent Video Games Debate

Helen Liutongco - June 1, 2017

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Play in a Chinese Painting with Meet in Rain
SIGGRAPH 2019 featured an array of posters with diverse topics, many of which clearly focused on future technologies. One immediately stood out though, invoking imagery of the past. The image depicted appeared to be an older Chinese painting. It was for a game called Meet in Rain, which showcased traditional Chinese poetry and painting. According […]
Lab Zero Animator Mariel Kinuko Cartwright on Working in Games
While a demo of Lab Zero Games’ action RPG Indivisible was available for people to play in the exhibit hall at Anime Expo 2019, its lead animator and art director Mariel Kinuko Cartwright was exhibiting down in Artist Alley. She shared a booth with her husband, fellow artist Tyson Hesse. They previously collaborated together on […]
Lovecraftian RPG Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones is Coming to PC
Hand-drawn, Lovecraftian RPG, Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones, is coming to PC this September following a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2016. Publisher 1C Entertainment has released a trailer in honor of the newly announced release date. Developed by Cultic Games, Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones steps back into the 1920s, into the town […]
Kingdoms of the Dump Looks Like Anything But
Crowdfunding is a constantly swinging, double-edged sword, as exemplified by polar opposites, Shovel Knight and Mighty No. 9. Each game perfectly represents the extremes of greatness and not-so-greatness born of crowdfunding. I would like to call my shot and say that the upcoming trash themed 90’s JRPG, Kingdoms of the Dump will land in the […]

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Madden 19’s Colin Kaepernick Censorship Didn’t Need to Happen

Uzbekistan Ban Lends New Angle to Violent Video Games Debate