A metaverse moment for women at Nasdaq’s opening bell
Moments are coming rapidly for the metaverse these days, but it’s worth stopping for one of those moments that happened on Friday at the...
The Grammy Awards are adding a category specifically for video games
The Grammy Awards are getting with the times and adding a category specifically for video game soundtracks. Well, that and four others, including Songwriter...
Jenova Chen: How to foster positive human connections
Jenova Chen is a deft hand at keeping interactions civil. People engaging in toxic behaviors on the Internet is a problem as old as...
The DeanBeat: My favorite games of the decade
Here are my favorite games of the decade. They’re in chronological order. 2011 was not a good year. But 2013, 2016, and 2018 were...
Thatgamecompany’s Sky: Children of the Light launches on iOS
Thatgamecompany, the award-winning studio behind the memorable Sony PlayStation 3 game Journey, has launched its long-awaited Sky: Children of the Light on the Apple...
Journey studio Thatgamecompany teases its next game
One of the most interesting game studios of the modern era has given us a small glimpse of its future. In a Tweet today,...
Funomena’s Robin Hunicke believes in games with intentional play
The Intentional Play movement is aimed at inspiring developers to create games that have a bigger purpose than fun. It’s for developers who want...
Abzû has beautiful underwater exploration, but it’s too much like Journey
Abzû generates a lot of the same sense of wonder as its predecessor Journey, but it trades the desert sands for underwater exploration. This...
The masters of storytelling predict the future of narrative gaming
Video game storytelling has come into its own. The medium of gaming isn’t as old as books or movies. But some of the most...
Submerged lets you explore a captivating waterlogged city
Submerged is a poignant and melancholic experience that is a joy to partake in. Out now for PlayStation 4 and PC and August 7 for...