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Review: Year Walk
When I first downloaded Year Walk, I did not know it was a horror game. Full disclosure: I am not a horror game kind of person. While I am perhaps...Read More
New Release: Kinect Sports Rivals
Wake racing, anyone? How about wall climbing? (Don’t worry about falling.) Target shooting? Or, if you prefer old favorites, how about soccer, bowling, or tennis? All these sports are playable...Read More
Top 10 Tips For Sharing Games and Other Media With Your Kids
Sometimes parents wonder whether their kids are ready for a favorite game, movie, TV show, or other excellent media thing.Read More
Creative, Crafty, and Charming! 10 Etsy Shops With Really Cool Video Game Merch.
Last week I told you about some nerdy arts and crafts projects you could have fun with in your home. This week it’s time to get professional: I went hunting...Read More
High Heels On the Battlefield: Sexual Objectification in Video Games
We’ve spent some time discussing sex in video games, including erotica, cultural differences, and nudity—but thus far, I’ve passed over some of the most egregious examples of sexual content in...Read More
Gender, Horror, and Sex, Oh My! How to Talk to Kids About Media
Last weekend, three members of the Pixelkin staff had the joyous opportunity to spark some excellent discussions at Seattle’s Emerald City Comicon. We participated in two panels, “Growing Up Geek:...Read More
ECCC Report: Geeks of All Creeds Gathered for a Great Weekend
Last weekend Pixelkin attended Emerald City Comicon in Seattle. We conducted two panels for geek parents on Sunday—more on that later! First things first: it was an amazing weekend.Read More
7 Best Tweets of GDC
The 2014 Game Developers Conference (GDC) ended recently, and boy do we wish we could have been there. Thousands of the leading thinkers in game design came together in San...Read More
Gotta Catch 'Em All: This Is the Best April Fool's Day Ever
Not everybody is a huge fan of April Fool’s Day. I count myself among the “terribly gullible and thus un-trusting” on the first of April—you could say just about anything...Read More
Break Out the Scissors. These 5 Geeky Craft Projects Will Make Your Day!
There comes a time in everyone’s life when you must craft. Maybe it’s a rainy day. Maybe you need some time away from the screen—or your kids do. You know...Read More
Games and Movies Aren't the Same. Let's Talk About It.
There’s a lot of ground to cover when it comes to treating games the way we do many books, TV shows, and movies: as a gateway to discussion with our...Read More
Why College Students Need Pokémon
The sounds of fingers clicking on keyboards filled the dim auditorium. On a stage, a dozen gamers sat in a row, their LAN party projected onto a screen behind them....Read More
Hi-Res Episode 1: Conventions!
In this first episode of Pixelkin’s new webseries, Hi-Res, Simone de Rochefort and Keezy Young look at conventions: what to expect, what to get excited about, and—most importantly—a hearty reminder...Read More
Interview: Prof. Steinkeuhler on Being a Mom, Scholar, and Gamer
Constance Steinkeuhler is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-directs the Games+Learning+Society (GLS) center at the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery. Professor Steinkeuler has earned a PhD in Literacy...Read More
