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  • Getting Lost in Open-World Games

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    Some people love exploring open-world video games. They even love getting lost. But some of my most hopeless Skyrim rage quits have involved me wandering around some mountain with trolls attacking me, unable to scramble up the hillside to meet my destination marker. And to me, tumbling down the mountainside — or seeing my poor horse take…

  • Video Games in an Art Museum!

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    It isn’t very often that you get to play video games in an art museum, but the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s “The Art of Video Games” exhibit lets visitors do just that. I’ve been on holiday in Washington, DC, this week and happened to spot an advertisement for this video game exhibit yesterday. It felt…

  • Do Cinematic Games Have Replay Value?

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    A peculiar magic exists the first time I play a video game. I don’t know what’s coming next, and when I learn something new — whether it’s how to roll into cover using a new controller set-up or how to defeat a particularly challenging boss — I feel a spark of triumph. The second time…