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This New York Times Flash Game Allows You Shoot At Comments And Advertising
I don’t know if this is some sort of advertising, or just a bizarre comment on video games themselves, but this New York Times article, which is titled ‘Just One More Game…’ actually has a primitive video game embedded within the article which enables players to actually shoot the webpage into oblivion — the comments, the advertising, almost everything.
The New York Times Offers Two Round-Ups, But Doesn’t Name A Game Of The Year (Yet)
The end of 2011 brings with it an implicit deadline for those inescapable year-end wrap-ups. Yet, the Paper of Record doesn’t really pony up a traditional countdown-to-the-best list.
For Just $67,000, These Guys Will Make A Custom Video Game About Your Life
Oftentimes it feels as though my life has video game-like qualities. Mind you, it wouldn’t be a very interesting game, but I’d love to see my commute to the burrito shop or my time spent at a desk writing… about video games… rendered into a custom video game. Actually that might be a bit too meta, even for me.
The Most Important And Boring Game Ever Made
This is a first. The New York Times has cleverly made a game out of solving the US financial crisis – it’s simultaneously the most important and the most boring game we’ve ever played. And we played through the first 20 hours of Final Fantasy XIII.
Could Apple’s Tablet Use Natal-Like Technology?
The most intriguing thing about Apple’s rumoured tablet isn’t its form factor or potential to reinvigorate print media, it’s the one piece of information no one seems to know: How will we interact with it.
It’s Bad When The New Yorker Trolls You Over A Game
This actually ran a month ago, but, forgive me, my subscription lapsed, for a lack of houseguests to impress with my reading material. (I also canceled my subscription to “Large Penis-Havers’ Quarterly” since I haven’t gone on a date lately.)
New York Times Profiles Guitar Hero Wünderkind
Chris Chike, whose 100 percent effort on “Through the Fire and the Flames” back in June earned him celebrity status and consultant to peripherals-maker Ant Commandos, is profiled in today’s New York Times.
Even if you know all about Chike — iamchris4life — put down your urge to dismiss his fame and read the story. It is a very, very positive portrayal of a young video gamer, something we rarely see in mainstream media, much less The New York Times. The best we usually get are condescending features on local news, read over by with-it reporters faking lingo. Writer Dave Itzkoff goes to Rochester, Minn. to get the full story, and then expands on the future and potential opportunities for super-expert or professional gamers.
Chris Chike is Guitar Hero’s Hero [The New York Times, thanks Yeliab]
