Video Games
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Review: PlayStation VR is living-room ready
Oct 08, 2016 7:19 am - Sony's PlayStation VR sets a new bar for the mass-market appeal of virtual reality. Sure, the headset isn't exactly cool looking, but it's lighter and more attractive th...
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Review: Civilization VI turns beloved franchise into intricate urban jigsaw
Oct 08, 2016 7:00 am - Civilization is celebrating its 25th birthday with a beautifully reworked version of the classic that puts players in the shoes of leaders bent on world domination. In C...
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'Rise of Iron' is proof 'Destiny' series will never endOct 03, 2016 6:00 am - In a promotional video accompanying “Destiny's” announcement in 2013, studio co-founder Jason Jones said the project had been driven by a desire to occupy as much of the...
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Q&A: 'Mafia III' game designers on sticking to the plot in an open world
Oct 01, 2016 7:15 am - Crafting a story has always been tricky in the video game world. And it's only been getting harder. Many of gaming's biggest blockbusters have touted their “open world” ...
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A.I. game 'Turing Test' achieves a rare harmony of gameplay, narrativeSep 26, 2016 6:00 am - "The Turing Test" Developed by: Bulkhead Interactive Published by: Square Enix Available on: PC, Xbox One For millennia, our species has understood that what helps separ...
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App reviews: Prisma, Prune
Sep 23, 2016 7:19 am - Prisma Your snapshots are obviously works of art all on their own - but do you ever want to give them a little boost? Prisma takes the concept of a filter and amps ...
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Inside Activision's plan to make its gaming league the next ESPN
Sep 10, 2016 7:19 am - Players on headsets exchange strategy as two teams fire away at each other through the rubble of a virtual city. Thousands of video-game fans in an arena cheer as the cl...
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Review: Cyborgs fight for their rights in 'Deus Ex'Aug 29, 2016 6:00 am - In the 1970s, "The Six-Million-Dollar Man" had all us kids fantasizing about the cool bionic parts we'd all be getting one day. Super-speedy legs? An arm that can punch ...
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Review: Moments of awe, hours of tedium in 'No Man's Sky'Aug 20, 2016 7:28 am - If SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is right, our entire universe is a computer simulation. Fortunately for us, that sim is running on some high-powered gear, not to mention softwar...
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'No Man's Sky' is so huge - and popular - players found 10 million virtual species in one night
Aug 13, 2016 7:18 am - In a March 2007 TED talk, Edward O. Wilson, the Harvard University scientist famous for studying ants, took to the stage to plead for what he described as a biological m...