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The Strange Architecture of U of Albany

The University of Albany was built to resemble a decommissioned nuclear power plant, apparently. The central courtyard is surrounded by a sea of tall white columns and glass domes that evoke the science-fiction espionage of _Andor_ more than responsible learning. The central courtyard is embedded beneath the earth, two sets of wide stairs bringing me down…

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The Best Board Games for Designers: 7 Picks That Are as Beautiful as They Are Brilliant

Most board games look like they were designed by committee. Busy iconography. Clashing color palettes. Typography that belongs in a spreadsheet. But then there are the exceptions—the games that make you pause before you even open the box, because someone clearly cared about the whole thing as a visual object. Those are the board games […]

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Star Wars’ Most Bizarre Crossover Ever Gets New Trailer, Sets Release Date

The world of Star Wars is colliding with a popular game in a bizarre crossover. A newly revealed trailer teases an exciting new way for gaming fans to explore the galaxy far, far away. What is the release date for the bizarre Star Wars crossover? The hit video game PowerWash Simulator 2 will release a […]

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Warner Bros Gaming and HBO Launch a New Game of Thrones Mobile Game

Warner Bros. Games and HBO have launched a new game, Game of Thrones: Dragonfire, based on the House of the Dragon series. In the game, players begin their journey as a new dragonrider, a Valyrian descendent, seeking to dominate Westeros during the Targaryen Civil War through tactical, tile-based warfare. Throughout the game, the player progresses […]

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Song Of The Puzzlesmith, With Ian Livengood

It is important to have a silly little morning brain thing. Aside from the studies attesting to how beneficial these puzzles and games can be for your cognitive abilities, I just think it's nice to have something fun to do to get your brain stretched out before you put it to work in the significantly less amusing ways that each day requires. We have done a full weeklong collaboration with the…

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The Toys of Summer

Summer. A boon to adventurers, sun worshippers and day drinkers everywhere. A time for playing hard and grilling harder, expanding your horizons, and finally figuring out how to slackline. A season of opportunity, if you don’t mind us waxing a little poetic. Welcome to the Toys of Summer. No, it’s not Weird Al riffing on the Don […]

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clickercrawl

I'm using Claude to help me figure out the game mechanics ... "what makes a good clicker" and to build a skill that will help me write the prose and tell the game's story. I loved [Universal Paperclips][] so much, and wouldn't at all presume to try to imitate it, but it was inspiring. I'm still...

This RPG thing I thought up

After a little research, I picked an RPG engine (Cairn) because it has an open license and there's plenty of creature and loot content out there. The game is pretty simple, but I picked two things to customize/make customizable: First, the game content (creatures, trea...

Latinoamérica: Warner Play y HBO Max transmitirán en español y portugués los 3 eventos anuales del certamen de e-sports EVO

La compañía audiovisual Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) anunció que en este 2026 estará exhibiendo en vivo para América Latina todo el circuito competitivo de e-sports Evolution Championship Series (EVO), lo que comprende sus tres torneos anuales, cuyas sedes son Estados Unidos (Las Vegas), Japón y Francia. Es la competencia de e-sports sobre juegos de pelea […]

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Punchdrunk Theatre founder: These video games changed my life

Punchdrunk is the company that put immersive theatre on the map. Since it was founded more than a quarter of a century ago, it has built a reputation for creating vast, intricate, freeflowing productions in which masked audience-members are allowed to roam freely through its spaces. Hits include The Drowned Man (2013), Sleep No More [...]

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