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2 months ago | 
polygon.com | Sam Machkovech
Dungeons & Dragons hosted a special preview event for the press. Expect shorter, more open-ended campaigns and a return to the classic Borderlands setting.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
polygon.com | Sam Machkovech
How do you turn a good flight simulator into a good flight-simulation game? This is the crux of understanding what’s new, interesting, and ultimately unwieldy about Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, the first entry in the decades-old series to actively court casual flyers and Xbox Game Pass-ersby.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Sam Machkovech
M.I.A. Names ‘First Thing’ Jay-Z Told Her To Do After He Signed Her, And It’s GrossThe “Paper Planes” rapper signed to Jay-Z’s label Roc Nation in 2012 before leaving two years later. Rapper M.I.A. says she refused to fulfill Jay-Z’s sexist request upon signing to his label. The “Paper Planes” artist — who was born Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam — recently took to Instagram Live to …
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Sam Machkovech
Three years ago, Netflix introduced a perk in an attempt to stand out from the cord-cutting fray: video games. Subscribers can pick from a variety of smartphone games and play them for no additional charge, each free of advertisements, microtransactions and other typical nuisances. The selection of games has since grown in quantity (70 games and counting) and popularity (Grand Theft Auto games have been downloaded more than 36 million times).
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
seattletimes.com | Sam Machkovech
Alexey Pajitnov, the architect of the falling-and-rotating-block puzzle game Tetris, is one of the industry’s most illustrious designers. The calming and chaotic formula he developed as a computer engineer in the Soviet Union has resulted in dozens of variants — Tetris Plus, Tetris Worlds, Tetris Effect, Tetris 99 — and more than 520 million sales. But Pajitnov, 69, is not that interested in talking about that legacy.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
gamedeveloper.com | Sam Machkovech
At a GlanceAnimal Well, sidescrolling adventure game by Billy Basso, is an unconventional and mysterious game laden with secrets. According to Basso, its development process and marketing was as unconventional as the game itself. For most of his development career, Billy Basso has attended gaming conventions on a work and promotional capacity. He'd stand near an incomplete game demo kiosk, watching people play it, taking notes, figuring out if he's on the right track.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
myheraldreview.com | Sam Machkovech
Alexey Pajitnov, the architect of the falling-and-rotating-block puzzle game Tetris, is one of the industry’s most illustrious designers. The calming and chaotic formula he developed as a computer engineer in the Soviet Union has resulted in dozens of variants — Tetris Plus, Tetris Worlds, Tetris Effect, Tetris 99 — and more than 520 million sales. But Pajitnov, 69, is not that interested in talking about that legacy.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Sam Machkovech
Alexey Pajitnov, the architect of the falling-and-rotating-block puzzle game Tetris, is one of the industry's most illustrious designers. The calming and chaotic formula he developed as a computer engineer in the Soviet Union has resulted in dozens of variants - Tetris Plus, Tetris Worlds, Tetris Effect, Tetris 99 - and more than 520 million sales. But Pajitnov, 69, is not that interested in talking about that legacy.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
thestranger.com | Sam Machkovech
Seattle fashion designer and artist Sophy Wong is clearly from another planet, and this summer, she brought her vision of Earth’s future to the masses. Her newest collection revolves around her vision of a not-too-distant climate crisis, expanding upon years of cosplay and costuming to rethink the forms and functions of attire.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
thestranger.com | Sam Machkovech
For roughly 38 years, Nintendoâs Legend of Zelda series has sold its titular princess short. Basically, her âLegendâ has been getting kidnapped or running away under mysterious circumstances in ways where only a dude in a skin-tight leotard can find her, wave a sword around, and calm her down. Great message for roughly half of your potential audience, Nintendo. That changes in a few weeks.
