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Ever Considered A Career In Morally Questionable Pharmaceuticals?

1:40AM September 1, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Looking for a new line of work? Do you know anything about the potential harmful effects of shady experimental drugs and mad scientist-level bioengineering? No? Then you sound perfect for the Umbrella Corporation. More »

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"Potato Sack" Studios Say They Had "Free Rein" In Portal 2′s ARG

1:00PM April 22, 2011 | Owen Good

The elaborate augmented reality game that served as a viral marketing device for Portal 2′s release was not entirely devised by Valve. In fact, the developers of the 13 games of the “Potato Sack,” the group of indie games central to the ARG’s final resolution, say they were involved in the scheme’s design from the beginning, with quite a bit of creative freedom over how it all played out. More »

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So How Close Are We To Unlocking Portal 2?

6:00AM April 17, 2011 | Owen Good

With two titles “completed” in Valve’s play-for-an-early-release stunt with Portal 2, GLaDOS says we’ve only shaved about 90 minutes off the scheduled release of midnight, Tuesday. Several sites calculate that the effort is much further ahead than that. Like, between 16 and 18 hours as of writing. More »

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Valve Tied To Vast Potato-Based Conspiracy, May Be Portal 2 Related

1:30PM April 6, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

As of last Friday, April 1, Half-Life and Left 4 Dead developer Valve has been dropping cryptic clues in its own games (Team Fortress 2, Portal 2) and games made by others (Super Meat Boy, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, AudioSurf). The common thread? Potatoes. More »

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A Reality In Which I’m A Terrorist

5:30AM March 9, 2011 | Brian Crecente

In a slightly different reality Japan is a vassal state to the Greater Republic of Korea, much of the United States has become the New Korean Federation of Occupied America and I’m the shadowy figurehead of a seditious and violent anti-Korean movement. More »

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How To Role-Play Your Way Into Becoming A PS3 Developer

2:20AM May 7, 2010 | Mike Fahey

James Marsden, the managing director of developer FuturLab, explains how a budding Flash developer managed to catch the eye and funding of Sony Computer Entertainment. Apparently the key lies in impressing the hell out of everyone and LARPing. More »

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Urgent Evoke: The Game That Seeks To Do Good, In Real Life

11:20AM March 2, 2010 | Owen Good

Jane McGonigal believes in gamers, because they’re trained to believe they can win. She’s built an alternate-reality game to tap that confidence and channel it into good works benefiting gamers’ communities, with the larger goal of fostering empowerment in Africa. More »

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Mysterious LEGO Pods Falling From Space

4:20AM November 13, 2009 | Mike Fahey

Mysterious LEGO pods are appearing around the globe, piloted by minifig pilots that may hold the key to a parallel universe. Only you and The Bradford Rant Institute of Cosmic Kinesis can solve this riddle. More »

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PlayStation Home’s Xi Comes To A Close

3:20AM June 12, 2009 | Mike Fahey

Sony’s PlayStation Home alternate reality game Xi is coming to a close, and the door to the story’s dramatic conclusion now stands open for all. More »

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Augmented Reality Camera Game Coming To DSi

11:40PM May 25, 2009 | Brian Crecente

Swedish-developed Ghostwire will let you use the DSi’s camera to hunt ghosts in the real world through augmented-reality gaming, developer A Different Game announced today. More »