You are not in control: How games use player agency to explore addiction

The interactive nature of video games makes them uniquely suited to help people understand and recover from addiction.

NCAA newcomer Queens plans to bring ‘street dog’ mentality against No. 2 seed Purdue

Queens University takes its “street dog” mindset to the NCAA Tournament, and it even brings a ceramic mascot named Buddy. Coach Grant Leonard and his players fly to St.

Hodgson's NCAA Tournament homecoming filled with painful, uplifting memories for South Florida coach

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — South Florida’s Bryan Hodgson’s celebrated homecoming comes with both deeply painful and joyously uplifting reminders of the full-circle journey in preparing to make his NCAA ...

After this game dev shared her prototype online, it took less than 5 hours for a knockoff to appear

"It kinda disincentivizes me from sharing progress when there are slop ghouls around every corner." ...
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Ex-Overwatch Dev's New FPS Action Game Opens For Testing Soon, How To Sign Up

The new game from former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan, The Legend of California, will hold its first public playtest very soon. Developer Kintsugiyama has announced an alpha test for The Legend of ...

This indie game idea went viral – then AI-built clones showed up within hours

Earlier this week, game developer and technical artist Freya Holmér shared a short clip of a side project she had been ...
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Buying a ‘loot box’ in an online game? Some of the swag could help public schools under a Colorado bill.

A bill aimed at enhancing data privacy for children would also subject online gaming add-on transactions to a 5% fee.