Category Archives: gaming

New Research Finds Adult Men are Choosing Video Games Over Full-Time Work

Posted on September 24, 2016 by

It’s the end times my friends: Video games are destroying our economy. New research coming out the Princeton, The University of Chicago, and University of Rochester has found a correlation between the abundance of high quality video games and uneducated … Continue reading →

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Capcom Investing In Benefits To Keep Female Employees

Posted on September 23, 2016 by

Really Quick one today: Japanese game developers have traditionally been slow towards creating more diverse work staffs, which makes Capcom’s announcement that they’ll be investing in medical benefits to encourage employees with children to stay with the company. In their … Continue reading →

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Vice’s “The Invisible People: Why Asians Need to Be Better Represented in Video Games”

Posted on August 9, 2016 by

Vice News posted an article by Khai Trung Le entitled “The Invisible People: Why Asians Need to Be Better Represented in Video Games” that discusses the the lack or representation and misrepresentation of Asians in video games. It’s an interesting … Continue reading →

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Pokemon Go: A Bizarre Social Experiment

Posted on July 13, 2016 by

I don’t need to tell you that Pokemon Go released this week for IOS and Android in the U.S, you already know this because of the numerous grown adults who have stopped right in front of you while walking.  The … Continue reading →

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Mafia III Will Utilize Racism as a Gameplay Mechanic

Posted on June 10, 2016 by

The upcoming 2K game’s/Hanger 13’s “Mafia III” has some interesting gameplay elements that may change the way gamers think about racism in America. Set during the late 1960s, Mafia 3 places players in the role of Lincoln Clay, an African … Continue reading →

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Apple Rejects Game About War-Stricken Gaza, Citing it as a Non-Game

Posted on May 20, 2016 by

Apple’s appstore has seen some backlash over their rejection of game about a girl in war-time Gaza looking for her family. They rejected the game on the grounds that it  doesn’t meet the criteria of a what constitutes a”game” for … Continue reading →

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An/Other: A Game That Simulates Everyday Racism

Posted on May 4, 2016 by

Video Game designer Jordan Sparks has created a game that simulates what it’s like to be black living in Toronto, Canada. The game “An/Other” is Spark’s attempt to demonstrate how racism is embedded in society through the interactive medium of … Continue reading →

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Nostalrius: Blizzard Shuts Down Popular Private Serve of the Original “Vanilla” World of Warcraft

Posted on April 7, 2016 by

World of Warcraft may be the most sociologically interesting game of all time because of the massive community the game has fostered in its 12 years of being active.  In those 12 years Blizzard has made some dramatic changes to … Continue reading →

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Block’Hood: Can a Video Game Change How We Design a City?

Posted on March 9, 2016 by

Releasing tomorrow as an early access title on Steam is Block’hood,  an isometric neighborhood-building simulator. The game gives players more than 80 types of blocks to create unique and ecological neighborhoods and promotes players to find the optimum solution to … Continue reading →

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This Day in Gaming History: A Wild Pokemon Appears

Posted on February 26, 2016 by

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Pokemon franchise, with February 27th 1996 being the Japanese release date of Pocket Monsters Red and Green on the Nintendo Gameboy. To say the original  Pokemon games were a momentous  release is an … Continue reading →

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