Apr 21, 2016 | Geek & Sundry
Submitted for your approval: Classic anthology TV series The Twilight Zone is about to become a feature film written and directed by Ken Levine, the creator of the BioShock series of videogames. It’s a match made in a land of both shadow and substance, of things...
Apr 18, 2016 | Geek & Sundry
Do you like FPSs like Call of Duty or MMOs like World of Warcraft? If so, you’d better check yourself before you wreck yourself. It turns out that MMOs and FPSs “are more appealing to people who show signs of addiction,” says Dr. Jeroen Lemmens, Assistant...
Apr 1, 2016 | Geek & Sundry
Star Wars took us to a galaxy far, far away, and what with glowing lightsabers, a jump to lightspeed, and Wookiees, it somehow felt strangely real. Another bit of world-building that impressed us was the holochess game that R2-D2 played against Chewbacca, once again...
Mar 28, 2016 | Geek & Sundry
Playing a video game isn’t quite like taking an LSD trip: You’re not infused with a sense of well being, and you don’t acquire insight into the workings of the universe. But as with some hallucinogens, video games can alter your consciousness. Researchers have known...
Mar 25, 2016 | Geek & Sundry
Want to create your own board game? You need more than big ideas. You need advice from an award-winning, patent-holding game designer. Andy Looney, creative director of Looney Labs, has been making his own games since he modified the board game Battle Cry into a...
