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UNBELIEVABLE: Video game | History Defined

The transactional — and optimizable — connections of ‘cozy video games’

Cozy is a vibe. So much so that even video games have been getting cozy.

The Conversation

Health information delivered as a video game can bridge the communication gap between patients and providers

Imagine you and your partner are sitting in the waiting room of your doctor’s office, waiting for your appointment to get birth control – and instead of calculating how many other people will be called before you, or perusing old magazines, a nurse hands you a digital tablet and encourages…

The Conversation

This CEO pirated video games as a teen and became a hacker for the Air Force. Now he’s built a $3 billion cyber firm

Huntress CEO Kyle Hanslovan bootstrapped his way from online hacker forums to a $3 billion valuation—without an Ivy League degree.

Fortune

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The strangest endings in video games, ranked

That's one way to leave a lasting impression...

Destructoid

‘Seeking connection’: the video game where players stopped shooting and started talking

In a post-apocalyptic landscape of cutthroat scavengers, surprisingly peaceful players are opting to team up and open up – a phenomenon that’s intriguing game developers and psychologists alike

The Guardian - UK

Take-Two stock jumps $1 billion after GTA leak as investors learn Rockstar really is making that much money off GTA Online

Just imagine what these share prices would look like if they realized AI can't yet generate whole video games

GamesRadar

Sony at CinemaCon: Everything We Learned From the Presentation

The Mary Sue is here soaking up the Las Vegas sun, and day one of CinemaCon certainly opened with a bang this year. Iconic franchises such as Insidious and Jumanji are getting mew installments, and Sony has a whole slate of new video game adaptations in the pipeline. Though there…

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I’ve started collecting vinyl records of this unusual music genre – and it’s been a lot more rewarding

More consistent quality and beautiful packaging than new music pressings

What Hi-Fi?

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is now the third-highest-grossing video game movie of all time, as it crosses half a billion dollars at the box office

It's-a me, a box office smash!

Total Film

Exit 8 becomes one of the highest-rated video game movies ever with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score

Exit 8 is in theaters now

Total Film

Video game adaptation Exit 8 is more than just a horror movie about liminal space – it's an examination of fear at the most intimate level

Big Screen Spotlight | Director Genki Kawamura talks "pulling out our biggest fears" in the new horror thriller

Total Film

How An Eerie New Thriller Revolutionizes The Video Game Movie

Director Genki Kawamura speaks about how his adaptation of the video game 'Exit 8' "blurs the line between video games and movies."

Inverse

Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein to direct Metal Gear Solid movie for Sony Pictures

Final Destination: Bloodlines directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein have been recruited by Sony Pictures to make an adaptation of Metal Gear Solid video game.

BANG Premier

Project Hail Mary creators announce VR video game, features new story by Andy Weir

Grace, Rocky, You save stars in a new VR experience.

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Cinemablend

A Metal Gear Solid Movie Is In The Works Again, But I'm Not Letting Myself Get Too Excited (Yet)

I'll believe it when I see it...

Total Film

New Mortal Kombat 2 trailer goes full side-scroller with actual levels from the game and confirms Sub-Zero's transformation into Noob Saibot

Mortal Kombat 2 is fully embracing its video game roots with a tournament that visits actual levels from the game with side-scrolling style visuals

Cinemablend

Mario Is The Worst Part Of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Because He's Always The Worst Part

"It's me (a Mario), hi, I'm the problem, it's me (a Mario)!"

Total Film

Exit 8 director wants to reinvent video game adaptations and blur the "borders between the movie and game mediums"

Exclusive: Genki Kawamura talks blending mediums in Exit 8

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Daredevil: Born Again's Bullseye almost starred in a canceled Star Wars video game over a decade ago, and everyone's suddenly realizing what a missed opportunity it was

Fans are commiserating about the scrapped Star Wars 1313

Inverse

'Elden Ring' Movie Leak Might Confirm A Crucial Timeline Twist

A recent leak from the set of Alex Garland's video game adaptation seems to reveal how he'll work with George R.R. Martin's sprawling backstory.

The Independent UK

Memes, AI slop and financial advice: How Iran is beating Trump at his own online propaganda game

IN DEPTH: Fake news and misinformation about the war is spreading like wildfire alone as Washington and Tehran compete for attention and control of the narrative. Jessie Williams looks at how Iran is using the internet to taunt Trump and win the meme war

Cinemablend

Why It's Totally Insane There Isn't A New Pokémon Movie In The Works

Gotta Catch 'Em All on the big screen!

The Guardian - UK

‘I am trapped in a sweet-smelling cycle of video game-branded toiletries’: Lush’s Mario Galaxy range, reviewed

From a subtle Princess Peach lip jelly to a Yoshi egg that’s been traumatising children, the cosmetic chain’s latest tie-in is out of this world

The Conversation

Students were skipping my astrophysics class to play video games – so I turned the class itself into a video game

When I was a teenager in the early 1980s, I realized the potential of using video games in education. The same high school classmates who couldn’t pass a test at school could somehow remember what potion or scroll to use to tame dozens of kinds of monsters in video games…

The Guardian - UK

Pixels and paintings: video games return to the V&A

From an interactive session of Sex With Friends to improvised Robot Karaoke, the Friday Late celebration of play and performance amid the museum’s venerable halls was a reminder of gaming’s cultural clout

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