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brickception.xyz

Brickception

A fun take on the classic bricks breakout game with popup windows!

medium.com

The Nintendo Ads You’ve Never Seen

A study of idyllicism, 癒やし (iyashi) & knowing your audience.

news.play.date

How the Creator of Alone in the Dark Came Back to Games

Frédérick Raynal is best known for creating Alone in the Dark, a game which single-handedly invented the survival horror genre.

shifthappens.site

Shift Happens: Cover Stories

This tiny companion site turns the Shift Happens slipcase cover into a mini game!

logodesignlove.com

Game+Logo, video game logos

A growing compilation of video game logos.

sillycovalley.com

Silly Co Valley

A fast-paced startup simulation game where you play the founder of a tech startup.

brilliant.org

Halfsies: A Game of Shapes & Strategies

Can you make the cut? Test your sharpness and compete with your friends at Halfsies, a new game from Brilliant.

timeguessr.com

TimeGuessr

Guess the right time and location of a historical photo.

nytimes.com

Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz

Test your knowledge of history by sorting eight events in chronological order.

noclip.website

noclip

A digital museum of video game levels

vividfax.itch.io

Fudge: Inverse Tetris

In Fudge, instead of placing falling tetrominoes, you carve them out of a block of tiles.

uxdesign.cc

Tears of the Kingdom: how Nintendo improved (and ignored) UI issues

The latest Legend of Zelda title has both pleased and pissed off gamers when addressing certain user interface issues.

cs.uwaterloo.ca

Slide to Unlock

A deceptively tricky game that will challenge your motor skills.

uxdesign.cc

Accessible video game design

Accessible game design is beneficial to everyone.

kottke.org

SineRider: A Game About Love & Graphing

Remember Line Rider? It's a simple video game / physics toy where you draw slopes and curves for a person on a sled to navigate.

moderatormayhem.engine.is

Moderator Mayhem: A Content Moderation Game

Can you succeed at the fast-paced challenge of content moderation?

nytimes.com

How The Legend of Zelda Changed the Game

For nearly four decades, the video game franchise has emphasized exploration and the joy of discovery.

inverse.com

5 years ago, a humble Ubisoft feature changed video games forever

Accessibility innovations have transformed video games in the last few years.

polishpixels.com

Polish Pixels

Polish video games retro archive.

deck.of.cards

Deck of Cards

An online deck of cards.