IndieCade: The Independent Game Festival
The festival that gives independent game developers the opportunity to be discovered! — October 9th, 2018 IndieCade, the international festival of independent games, will celebrate its 11th year on October 12-13 at the Center for Media and Design at Santa Monica College. The festival provides independent game developers the rare opportunity to be discovered and have their work showcased for
Continue ReadingNostalgia Is Gaming’s Biggest Trend
It is 2018, and video games seem to have forgotten that they used to be the future. Today, retro-facing games are big business and (slowly but surely) taking over the gaming sphere. — September 20th, 2018 Be the re-releases of older titles, repackaged “classic” consoles (such as the NES and SNES Mini), or games that self-consciously ape their forebears to
Continue ReadingSeptember 2018 Free Games
Sony and Microsoft have both announced the slate of September 2018 free games that will be available to subscribing PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold members, and we are excited! — September 4th, 2018 Xbox Live Gold members will receive four new free games — two on Xbox One and two on Xbox 360 — as part of the Games with Gold program.
Continue ReadingReady Patient One: Video Games as Therapy
Recently, we have been talking a lot about video games and how they can help treat several disorders. However, probably the most significant advances are related to the treatment of autism. — July 10, 2018 Over the past year, several small pilot studies have produced promising results for games designed to help children with autism, showing that they may improve
Continue ReadingVideo Games Are the Star of the Mobile Software Market
A new report indicates that 75% of the money spent on iOS App Store software went toward video game sales. — June 14, 2018 As Kevin Tucker, a long-time gamer and writer, explains this figure is remarkable for various reasons: not only do video games make up the vast majority of mobile software sales, they manage to do so while
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