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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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,…
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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…
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GameStop Shares Surge After ‘Roaring Kitty’ Re-emerges
Keith Gill, the trader who helped turn the video game retailer into a high-flying “meme stock,” posted cryptic messages online…
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The Architects of Hades Strive to Bewitch Gamers Again
Supergiant Games, a small independent studio, had always tackled new projects. Then its dungeon crawler featuring the Greek pantheon became…
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A Pithy YouTube Celebrity’s Plea: Buy This Video Game
After a decade of humorously reviewing games, the man known as Dunkey began a publishing company to support indie projects,…
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Role-Play With Your Friends as Influencers Dying to Go Viral
The horror video game Content Warning, a surprise hit, lets players microdose as momentary celebrities on the fictional website SpookTube.