You Can Play These Retro Games in Your Browser
When I was a kid way back in the ‘80s, vintage video games were new. Stuff like Super Mario Bros., Tetris on the Game Boy, and Final Fantasy III had…
How to Test Minecraft’s New Cherry Blossoms Before Everyone Else
Image: Microsoft Plenty of updates have come and gone in Minecraft’s nearly 15-year history, but players have never had cherry blossoms. Minecraft is about to get pink, and you can…
15 Video Games to Play Mindlessly While You Binge a Podcast
Tetris Effect: Connected – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch Our final pick for the best games to play while listening to a podcast is arguably also the best video game…
11 Educational Video Games That Are Actually Fun
Kerbal Space Program Launch Trailer If you have a kid who’s even a little interested in space or rockets, Kerbal Space Program is the game for you. It puts you…
Someone Built a 4D Minecraft Clone
Video games usually come in one of two dimensions: You have your 2D side scrollers, or, more commonly, your typical 3D adventures. Rarely do you see a game that pushes…
How to Avoid the Abundance of Malware in Minecraft
Photo: Rokas Tenys (Shutterstock) Minecraft is addicting. Minecraft is popular. That combination means there are a lot of us playing the game for hours on end every single day. While…
Space Invaders: How Video Gamers Are Resisting a Crypto Onslaught
When video game designer Mark Venturelli was asked to speak at Brazil’s biggest gaming festival, he submitted a generic-sounding title for his presentation – The Future of Game Design –…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: What’s in the Johnny Depp Documents?
Photo: BAKOUNINE (Shutterstock) This week’s Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide features a grab-bag of unrelated nonsense from the world of young people culture, including an info-dump of salacious material in the seemingly…
No NFTs in Minecraft? This Crypto Group Will Make Its Own Game
On June 20, Microsoft-owned Mojang announced that NFTs and blockchain technology would no longer be allowed to “integrate” with Minecraft. That was bad news for NFT Worlds, which has spent…
10 of the Best Videos to Burn Off Your Kid’s Energy
I first saw this valuable life hack on TikTok: Search “Mario Run” on YouTube when you need to keep your kid busy for a while. I did, but I wasn’t…