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When Sports Games Feel Like Casinos, Players Rarely Win
The video game NBA 2K24 lets fans play as their favorite basketball stars. It’s $70 but there is pressure to spend more. To be competitive online, players are encouraged to buy packs that may contain an elite athlete. They cost up to $50 ...
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Rage and Fury Make These Diabolical Games Easy to Watch
One slip-up is devastating in Chained Together, The Game of Sisyphus and A Difficult Game About Climbing. That’s what makes them so compelling on livestreams.
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Negro Leagues Throwbacks Let Fans Wear a ‘Piece of History’
By striving for authenticity, brands like Ebbets Field Flannels have created jerseys, hats and shirts that are equal parts fashion statement and history lesson.
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He Memorized the World With Google Maps. Now He’s Exploring It.
Few people are better than Trevor Rainbolt at identifying obscure locations online — but there’s even more joy in watching him visit them IRL.
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Cosmic Horror Awaits Aboard a Perilous Oil Rig
The Chinese Room has long delivered unconventional game worlds. The metal offshore structure in Still Wakes the Deep might be its most evocatively realized yet.
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A Publishing Haven for the Offbeat and Irreverent
Devolver Digital teams with independent video game studios and gives them immense freedom. Just don’t kill Jeff Bezos.
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Elden Ring Raised Masochists, and They’re Back for More
Influencers who have guided players through an unforgiving world are powering anticipation for the video game’s next chapter, Shadow of the Erdtree.
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The Painstaking Quest to Portray a Tortured Warrior
For the hyperrealistic visuals in the video game Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, the studio traveled to Iceland, took thousands of photos and spent months on motion capture.
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Minecraft Is an Infinite Sandbox That’s Being Beaten in Minutes
Speedrunners are using algorithms and canny methods against a fire-breathing dragon to complete Minecraft, which is turning 15 this week, more swiftly than ever.
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A Puzzle Game With Roots in Resnais and Resident Evil
In addition to its gaming influences, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes contains traces of postmodern novels and the French New Wave.