gamer culture
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Video Games Helped Me Say Goodbye To My Father
13A few days before my dad died in August, I got the call I’d been dreading from my mother. She told me it was time to come home for my dad’s last days. I live in California, and they live in Alabama. I packed up my PS4, super slim PS3 and PS Vita — alas,…
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GameFAQs Celebrates 20 Years Of Tips, Tricks, Cheats And Walkthroughs
On 5 November 1995, a gamer called CJayC created the Video Game FAQ Archive. Later known as GameFAQs, the site was a hub for video game walkthroughs and FAQs, and later cheats, savegames, screenshots and so on. And that’s what it is today, only it’s a lot bigger than it used to be.
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Can Great Game Design Be Taught?
Some of the games industry’s most talented and experienced designers are making the leap from game development to academia. But how do you teach the art of making games?
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Steam Sales: A Visual Metaphor
Dayshot: Steam sales are good, provided you have self-control. If you don’t, you might feel like the Scout above whenever a big sale rolls around.