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How Family Ties Influence the Creation of Indie Games

12.01.16

By John Robertson and Stace Harman
Games

‘Dear Esther’ Offers A Different, Romantic Sort of Apocalypse

11.11.16

By Cameron Kunzelman
Games

The Makers of ‘Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture’ Reflect on Happiness and Horrors

08.12.16

By Lewis Gordon
Games

The Makers of ‘Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture’ Reflect on Happiness and Horrors

08.12.16

By Lewis Gordon and Mike Diver
Games

Discussing the Importance of ‘DOOM’ with Game Designer Dan Pinchbeck

05.13.16

By Mike Diver
Games

By Giving Religion Short Shrift, Video Games Ignore Part of What Makes Us Human

10.06.15

By Julie Muncy
Games

What Would the World be Like if Peaceful Video Games Were More Popular Than Hyper-Violent Ones?

09.10.15

By Mike Diver
Games

Gaming’s Gentle Apocalypse: On ‘Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture’ and ‘Submerged’

08.11.15

By Mike Diver

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PlayStation Plus Ends Its Year With a GOAT December Lineup

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Purple’s Black Friday Mattress Deals are Here to Get you Laid (Down, into a Peaceful Slumber)

Sleep is one of those things that none of us gets enough of, and that could be because you need a better mattress.

11.27.24

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Shopping

All-Clad, the Barefoot Contessa’s Favorite Cookware, Is up to 50% off for Black Friday

These All-Clad deals will have you serving Contessa this holiday season.

11.27.24

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Gaming

‘The Cabin Factory’ Mixes My Love of ‘House Flipper’ With The Terror of ‘Phasmophobia’

‘The Cabin Factory’ looks to bring the spot-the-difference genre to new heights, tasking you to find out of cabins are haunted or not.

11.27.24

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