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Two Powerful Women in Gaming Team Up to Make Star Wars Game

Jade Raymond and Amy Hennig will now be working together to make a new Star Wars game. Two women working in top roles on such a well-known franchise is uncommon in...Read More

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Remembering Satoru Iwata

Nintendo President and CEO Satoru Iwata passed away on Saturday from complications due to cancer. I saw the news on Twitter, when Kotaku posted its first of several pieces about the...Read More

Final Girls Game Explores the Aftermath of Trauma & Is Free To Play

The Final Girls game is a free browser game from Kanane Jones that explores how we move on from traumatic events. Final Girls takes place in a group therapy meeting, where a group...Read More

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BBC To Give Away a Million Computers to UK 11-Year-Olds

It’s a good time to be 11 years old in the UK. In the United Kingdom this October, about a million 11-year-olds will receive a free BBC microbit computer. (It’s...Read More

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Lots of New Rock Band 4 Songs Announced by Harmonix

Harmonix has announced some new Rock Band 4 songs. Rock Band 4 is set to release October 6, 2015. It will be available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.Read More

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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Passes Away at 55

This weekend, Nintendo’s President and CEO Satoru Iwata passed away from cancer. In the 126 years since its founding as a card-game company, Nintendo has only had four presidents, including Iwata. Read More

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[Interview] Brett Morris on Super League Gaming and Playing Games on the Big Screen

Super League Gaming is a recreational gaming league that takes place in a theater. It’s currently touring the country. Recently Super League Gaming came to Seattle to present a three-day Minecraft tournament....Read More

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Sega Apologizes for the Travesty That Was Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric

In an interview with Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, Sega CEO Hajime Satomi apologized for the smelly pile of broken dreams that was the game Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric for Nintendo...Read More

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Just Dance Competition Open to Anyone Over 16

Ubisoft and the Electronics Sports World Cup are sponsoring a Just Dance competition this year—the second of its kind. Last year was the first annual competition, with Just Dance being the...Read More

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Steph Catley Will Be On Fifa 16’s Cover

Steph Catley, female FIFA soccer player—or football, if you’re anywhere but the United States—will be on the Australian FIFA 16 game cover.Read More

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Alphabear Review: The Adorable Alphabet Challenge

It is a truth universally acknowledged that if I’m going to download a mobile game it had better be freaking cute. Spry Fox’s puzzle word game Alphabear fulfills all my needs, and then...Read More

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Divide By Sheep Makes Math Morbidly Fun

From its opening cutscene, you know Divide By Sheep isn’t a boring, old, or ordinary math game. Turns out the Grim Reaper is lonely and wants some of the cute,...Read More

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[Podcast] Gaming With the Moms #13: Who Let You Come Back?

Check Out Technology Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with Gaming With The Moms on BlogTalkRadio We are SO glad to have Nicole back from her grand tour of Ohio and Chicago! She...Read More

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This Week In Disney Infinity 3.0 and Skylanders SuperChargers

Hello Pixelkiners! It’s been a busy week. First up, let’s get all the Skylanders and Disney Infinity 3.0 news out of the way. Disney Infinity 3.0, aka that new Star...Read More