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Arts
Unfinished Video Games Are Turning Into Hits
When players buy games in early access, they can give studios both valuable feedback and a crucial revenue stream.
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News
Boy, 13, Is Believed to Be the First to ‘Beat’ Tetris
Willis Gibson, a competitive Tetris player prodigy from Oklahoma, advanced so far in the original Nintendo version of the game…
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News
I Was Transformed by the Best Cult Ever: Michigan Football
I went to Ann Arbor, Mich., for a journalism fellowship because I was stuck in life. An outside observer might…
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Arts
Video Games Let Them Choose a Role. Their Transgender Identities Flourished.
Transgender people have turned to games, some with robust character creators, as places where they can safely express themselves.
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World
Will China Ease Its New Video Game Controls? Investors Think So.
After a market rout, gaming companies like Tencent and Netease rally on signals that regulators might apply proposed curbs on…
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Arts
The Spellbinding Freedom of Baldur’s Gate 3
The rules are so complex an engineer with a Ph.D. was baffled. The setting was long the butt of jokes.…
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World
China Unveils New Limits on Online Video Games
The Latest Chinese regulators announced new restrictions Friday on online video games, which they said were aimed at tightening the…
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Arts
A Video Game That Doubles as a World War I History Lesson
Last Train Home tells an overlooked story of the Czechoslovak Legion’s evacuation across Russia in the embers of the Great…
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News
Watching People Watch a Game. With 100,000 Friends.
Soccer fans are tuning out broadcasts in favor of watchalongs: streaming parties where you hear what you want to hear…
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Arts
The ‘Squid Game’ Reality Show Is More Depressing Than the Original
“Squid Game: The Challenge” keeps the slick design of the dystopian drama but loses the point.