Archive for January, 2012

This week in video game criticism: From Creatures to sports game art

[This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics including finding art in sports video , and a discussion about death, motherhood, and Creatures.] What time is it? … What year? … No… Then we don’t have much time left! We HAVE to release This Week [...]

Zynga’s Hidden Chronicles debuts strong in Facebook charts

[Every other week, Gamasutra examines the most popular Facebook according to monthly active users, looking at the top titles and developers on the social network to see who's attracting or losing players.] Zynga’s newest release, and its first entry in the popular “hidden object” casual gaming genre, Hidden Chronicles, is already the seventh most popular [...]

Talking Copycats with Zynga’s Design Chief

Amid the heated discussion over “copycatting” and plagiarism in the industry, Brian Reynolds, industry veteran and chief game design chief at FarmVille house Zynga talks to Gamasutra about inspiration, rip-offs and how he feels Zynga drives innovation in this exclusive interview….

Male Models: The Winners [Kotaku 'shop Contest]

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What the Video Game Vendor Selling Hot Dogs Knows About Life [Stick Jockey]

Remove Those Pictures of You Smoking Weed Before You Get Rid of Your Nintendo 3DS [Psa]

Rolling Into Battle Now, the Occupy Movement’s Mobile Arcade is Fully Operational [Indie]

Family Research Council: ‘Rebel Fleet Surrenders to Gay Empire’ [Star Wars]

‘Prankster’s’ Racial Slur Found in Minecraft Won’t Be Removed til Next Update [Minecraft]

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Microsoft Moves to Seize Fake Halo 4 Beta’s Domain [Halo]

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