Videogames
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Why you probably haven’t heard of the video game that launched the industry 50 years ago
Before Pong, there was Computer Space.
Noah Wardrip-Fruin, The Conversation
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By limiting children’s gaming time to just three hours, China won’t be able to curb addiction
Under the nation’s new rules, minors will only be allowed to play videogames between 8 pm and 9 pm on Fridays, weekends and on public holidays.
Joanne Orlando, The Conversation
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Here’s what makes Assassin’s Creed one of the world’s best-selling videogame series
Fandom is all about wanting new experiences that make you feel the same way you did when you first became a fan, and the franchise has worked this out.
Tof Eklund, The Conversation
Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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The rise and rise of eSports: Video gamers may soon be paid more than top pro athletes
Media giants like ESPN may have thought that electronic sports was a fad but not anymore.
Louis-Etienne Dubois, The Conversation & Laurel Walzak, The Conversation
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Why are we appalled by video games with sexual violence but not alarmed by bloodletting?
The idea of being able to resolve our problems with violence speaks to something within us that most of us cannot deny.
Henry Shevlin, Aeon
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35 years after the ‘worst video game ever’ was released, a look at other contenders for the title
From the 1982 ‘ET: The Extra Terrestrial’ to the 2012 Kinect Star Wars, there’s a long history of games that are no fun to play.
Craig Weightman, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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Watch: This video explains how Pac-Man revolutionised video games forever
Masaya Nakamura, founder of Namco, the Japanese video game company behind the landmark arcade game, has died at 91.
Scroll Staff
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How video games unwittingly train the brain to justify killing
Video games train people the military way in which 'justified' killings are normalised, a study at the University of Queensland in Australia shows.
Teodora Stoica & Aeon Magazine
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Watch: A speculative sci-fi video game inspired by Srinivasa Ramanujan and set in 1920s India
The game has been in production for three-and-a-half years and a demo version was recently premiered at the 2016 Sheffield Doc Fest.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic