computer games
The Oral History of ‘The Sims’, the World’s Most Enduring Game
"The Sims 4" is about to become free to play. We spoke to the game’s creators about how the whole thing came to be.
Michael Makes Small Talk in Today's Comic by Stephen Maurice Graham
Michael runs into another person from his past and it's humiliating!
The Internet Archive’s Retro Game Collection Now Emulates Terrible CRT Monitors
It’s more technically challenging to make an old game look bad than it is to make it look good.
The Chess Engine that Died So AlphaGo Could Live
Google DeepMind's Go engine is being praised for its "intuition." But everyone seems to have forgotten AlphaGo's predecessor, Giraffe.
The New Football Manager Game Moves the 2022 World Cup from Qatar to China
Maybe Sports Interactive just couldn't be arsed modelling a winter World Cup?
Someone Programmed a Vibrator to Get You Off While Playing Minecraft
If you want to beat the game and beat off at the same time, this Reddit user has found a novel solution.
How Computer Games Helped Me Recover from My Heroin Addiction
The author of 'White Out' and the new memoir 'Gamelife' on how his computer-game habit changed his life for the better.
Play a Virtual Ping Pong Game Inspired by Online Dating
The most effective way to win at Pin-Pon is by swiping like you would on Tinder.
The 38th Governor of California, Doom, and the Progressive Man
Belgian cartoonist Jana Vasiljevic paints strange and funny scenes of Doom, Windows 99, and bubblegum romance.
Why Speed-Running Is the Greatest Thing About Gaming
Watching grown adults—often blindfolded—rush through my favorite computer games is a thrill like no other.
Things You Learn When a Long-Term Relationship Collapses in Your 20s
Ending a long-term relationship is just like being born—there's a lot of crying and pain, and you don't know where you are.