What a Game Wants

Bringing you what inspires and draws ire in the world of video games.

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Forget the stereotypes -- a new survey finds video game players can be just about anyone

Not quite sure "there isn't a video game stereotype anymore", but were headed in right direction.

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Gaming is not the most important thing in my life Brian Crecente, polygon.com

"What’s your favorite video game?"

This is what people ask when they find out what I do. I have a stock answer: Super Mario 64. It's probably not my favorite game, but it satisfies people. It's a game they've heard of and that we all can…

Gamers aren't maturing nearly as fast as the gaming industry. http://flip.it/a0xD2

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The research is all over the place. http://flip.it/QfPId

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No skin thick enough: The daily harassment of women in the game industry Polygon Staff, polygon.com

Con­tent warn­ing: This post con­tains graph­ic lan­guage, slurs and trig­ger­ing con­tent

"Women are the nig­gers of gender," the email said. "If you killed your­self, I wouldn’t even fuck the corpse."

I blinked at my phone, fight­ing…

Read this. http://flip.it/wcKTZ

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The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt Charlie Hall, polygon.com

The Witch­er 3: The Wild Hunt will be the cul­mi­na­tion of Ger­alt's jour­ney, the end of his story as CDPro­jekt has writ­ten it. And after ten long years and three AAA titles, Kon­rad Tomaszkiewicz, CDPro­jekt's game direc­tor, will be f…

Shut up. You had me at Geralt. http://flip.it/fukg4

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Critics Renew Calls For More Diverse Video Game Characters Laura Sydell, npr.org

Critics Renew Calls For More Diverse Video Game Characters NPR Business

There's a myth that only nerdy white guys play and make video games. At this week's video game extrav­a­gan­za in Los Ange­les called Elec­tron­ic Enter­tain­ment Expo,…

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Why a Short RPG Can Still Be a Great RPG Andy Corrigan, ign.com

What­ev­er your pre­ferred flavour, we’ve all had stints where RPGs have taken over our lives a lit­tle more than they should have. When an Elder Scrolls game led to play ses­sions that last­ed until con­troller bat­ter­ies could func­tion no long…

Bigger isn't always better. http://flip.it/jvy4i

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Mario Kart 8 Proves Nintendo Is The Game Maker For Grown-Ups Jordan Shapiro, forbes.com

I think Mario Kart 8 is just about the most mature game I’ve played this year. I know read­ers won’t like this arti­cle. They’ll dis­agree. For some rea­son it seems to have become cool to hate Nin­ten­do. I’m alone in my ado­ra­tion and it…

Glad to see some people get what Nintendoes. Thanks, Jordan Shapiro at Forbes.

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How Nintendo can fix the Wii U right now Mike Minotti, venturebeat.com

The Wii U isn’t sell­ing well.

We all know this, and we all have our own ideas on how Nin­ten­do can fix this prob­lem. Some want them to aban­don the sys­tem entire­ly and make a new con­sole imme­di­ate­ly. Oth­ers think a spe­cif­ic title, li…

Interesting suggestions.

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A Gaming Company Devoted to Narrative Tackles ‘Thrones’ By LAURA PARKER, nytimes.com

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Behind closed doors and papered-over win­dows here, a half-dozen sto­ry­tellers have been scram­bling to con­jure a fan­ta­sy world with com­pelling char­ac­ters, fierce dia­logue and an intri­cate plot. But this is no ordi­na…

Tell Tale Games getting some well deserved attention on NYT.

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Brian, nintendoeverything.com

This is something that we covered in our Mario Kart 8 press release today, though this nugget deserves a bit of extra attention. Yep – Mario Kart 8 does in fact feature music recorded by live performers. It’s not for all tracks, but it’s a fantast…

Live music coming to Mario Kart 8. http://flip.it/2yHEg

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How The Most Expensive Game Jam In History Crashed And Burned In A Single Day Jared Rosen, indiestatik.com

Ihave never been a “company man.” I do not subscribe to corporate culture, nor do I go to all hands meetings where I wait, with rapt attention, for the inspirational words of our department heads. I don’t keep my desk up, or the closet office wher…

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For the First Time in Forever (Mario Kart Version) - Roger DiLuigi feat. Danny Lopatka youtube.com

It's almost time.