Tag Archives: games

Expect games, social, and Now at Google I/O 2013

Posted by on May 13, 2013

Google rumors and leaks pick up speed as Google I/O 2013 arrives this week. Here are some of our predictions for the annual Google developers confab. “Are you still jumping out of windows in expensive clothes?” asks Tom Waits in …

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Mobile Games Are Leaping Into the Real World

Posted by on May 3, 2013

Heads Up! is the latest app to take mobile gaming into reality. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired When somebody says “mobile game,” you imagine someone with his nose inches from a smartphone screen, deftly flinging birds at pigs or halving flying fruit …

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Dispatch: Reading, Writing and Video Games

Posted by on March 19, 2013

WHEN I was a child, I liked to play video games. On my brother’s Atari, I played Night Driver. On his Apple II, I played Microwave, Aztec and Taipan! When I got to go to the arcade, I played Asteroids …

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The Ugly, Corrupted, Brilliant Games of Michael Brough

Posted by on February 26, 2013

Michael Brough has produced dozens of fascinating and challenging games, but are they too abstract to achieve mainstream success? Photo: Michael Brough I’d never heard of Michael Brough when I downloaded his iPhone game Corrypt, and my first impression of …

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Facebook’s the Winner in the Platform Hunger Games

Posted by on February 4, 2013

Today, Facebook seems like the juggernaut crushing everything in its path, most recently Twitter’s Vine app and Yandex’s social app. And in its last quarter, Facebook’s mobile usage surpassed its web usage — for the first time ever. This is …

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In These Games, Death Is Forever, and That’s Awesome

Posted by on November 27, 2012

In DayZ, permanent death forces players to play very carefully as every decision could be the difference between life and death.Image courtesy Bohemia Interactive “Continue?” Nearly anyone who has played a videogame has seen that word appear on the screen …

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Video Games: Unfinished Swan, Assassin’s Creed and Need for Speed

Posted by on November 7, 2012

These edited and condensed reviews are from the writers and editors of the gaming Web site Kotaku.com. Full reviews are at kotaku.com/nytselects. THE UNFINISHED SWAN Released on Oct. 23 Developer: Giant Sparrow Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment of America For PlayStation …

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Modern platform games for iOS

Posted by on October 27, 2012

Run, jump, and collect items in these modern platform titles that are a far cry from the classic Mario games. (Credit: CNET) Despite the realistic 3D graphics of today’s first person shooters, RPGs, and other games, platform games continue to …

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App Smart: Useful Apps and Games for the iPhone 5 – Review

Posted by on October 11, 2012

By Fritzie Andrade Best Apps for the iPhone 5: App Smart reporter Kit Eaton takes a closer look at apps that have been optimized for the iPhone 5. Apple has just updated the iPhone into its fifth incarnation. Skinnier, lighter …

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Games makers play catch-up with mobile market

Posted by on August 15, 2012

By Harro Ten Wolde COLOGNE, Germany | Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:22am EDT COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) – The bass and drums are as loud as ever, but the mood music has changed at Gamescom, Europe’s biggest gaming fair, as developers …

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