People are usually surprised to learn I enjoy video games. While it may seem odd to see a grown-ass woman playing Legend of Zelda, it turns out roughly half of all gamers are female, and a recent study suggests that nowadays, more women than teenage boys are playing. In spite of this, the industry itself […]
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Talking Videogame Production with Jumpdrive Studios’ Brain Trust
Jumpdrive Studios “I was trained as a computer science major. I took six or seven math classes, including linear algebra and calculus and all sorts of stuff,” Justin Pando tells me over the din of a bustling coffee shop. “I was useful up until like a month ago in that area. What Dominic’s been doing […]
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Videogames To Feel Good About
Ours is the first generation to grow up on videogames. And while we may have graduated to parenting, some of us are still gamers who want to mold our kids’ taste beyond Barbie Horse Adventures and Madden. For everyone else, it’s a jungle out there. Want to feel okay about unsupervised game time? Here are […]
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Conan, Marshawn Lynch, and Rob Gronkowski vs. Mortal Combat X!
Behold the hilarious wonder of Conan O’Brien’s latest edition of “Clueless Gamer” in which Super Bowl foes Marshawn Lynch (Seahawks) and Rob Gronkowski (Patriots) play the so far unreleased Mortal Combat X! Marshawn’s reactions are especially sweet and funny since he really hates all the violence he sees (maybe he’s never watched himself play?). However, […]
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Look But Don’t Megatouch
Maybe I haven’t been spent enough time in classless bars, but I was only recently exposed to MegaTouch Live machines. How did nobody tell me about this low-point in human culture? Megatouch is an arcade-like game cabinet for sad, lonely men who don’t have iPhones. The machines offer a bizarre mix of smart phone game […]
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The Zombie Apocalypse Disaster Preparedness Game
Where are we at with zombies? It’s hard to keep track as zombies and vampires compete neck-and-neck for popularity. I’m leaning toward zombies being the less enticing of the two at this point, but then again I see that some of you are still watching The Walking Dead for some reason, so who knows. Certainly […]
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Stephen Colbert vs. #GamerGate: WHO YA G…Oh, You Know Who Wins.
It may have taken awhile, but Stephen Colbert has finally gotten around to dismantling the misogynist dicks of #GamerGate—and of course he does it in his own faux misogynist style. He starts here with a recap of how it all started… The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,The Colbert Report on Facebook,Video Archive And […]
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Today in “Hey Old Person, You’re OLD!”
To watch this video of teenagers reacting to an original Nintendo NES player is the same sensation as lying in a grave with someone shoveling dirt on your face. Watch. Yeah… well! Screw YOU, damn kids! And stay off my lawn!!
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Pickathon Putt-Putt Golf
Eagle Landing While Pickathon has more than its fair share of entertainments… music, eating, camping (glamping, if you’re fancy), and spa la la-ing… but you can never be too prepared for fun times this weekend. So let’s check out a nearby extracurricular activity in case you grow tired of frolicking at the farm. I’m not […]
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I’m Giving Up On Videogames
Part of me wants to be able to put up a wall between creators and the products they create. Does it matter to me that the artist of the comic, the coder on the game, or the writer of the book I’m trying to read can sometimes be an asshole on Twitter? Not if I […]
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Your Portland Pride Paper Dolls
Hey, internet readers! Here’s another reason besides the smell of fresh ink to pick up the printed version of the Mercury this week: We made you paper dolls! Using two sets of adorable Portland queer folk, along with clothing drawn by Kjersti Faret, the dolls make a fun game out of demonstrating how getting married—while […]
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Three Best Party Games: Nidhogg, Johann Sebastian Joust, and Towerfall
Mario Kart is so high school. (Especially now that Nintendo is losing money like crazy and Mario Kart 8 isn’t expected to get that many people to buy a Wii U). That’s okay though—we don’t have to remove games from our social equation! These days, all the cool kids are playing Nidhogg and other games […]