<![CDATA[#GamesSoWhite. If you don't play video games, this hashtag probably hasn't crossed your social media feed… or if it has, you may not understand what it means or why it exists. Such is the challenge of any kind of hashtag activism — it’s difficult to have meaningful exchanges when limited to 140 characters or less. Consequently,…

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<![CDATA[If I had my druthers*, here's what I'd do. I'd hire Kevin Spacey and the production crew behind House of Cards to shoot a public service announcement. It would look something like this.   *druthers, by the way, is shorthand for “if any of my creative projects go massively huge and I suddenly have the means…

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<![CDATA[  WATCH_DOGS, the latest blockbuster title from entertainment software company Ubisoft, is an interesting case study in duality. Because on the one hand, it’s the ultimate digital urban playground, and gamers who enjoy open-world sandbox-style games have a veritable cornucopia of content to sink their teeth into — physical and digital puzzles, weapons and cars galore, augmented reality…

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<![CDATA[Mea culpa like a mug. Remember all that bad stuff I said about about GTA IV? Well I guess I was wrong. Because Conan O’Brien just showed a clip of the game on his show a little while ago, and I guess it’s just not the brutal mayhem-filled murder-fest it’s being made out to be.…

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<![CDATA[So it’s May, which only means one thing in my world. NBA Playoffs! But I also share this world with other non-NBA fans, many of whom are outdoorsy types. So for them, May is National Bike Month. Which means it’s time for me to resume my annual tradition of Getting Back On My Bike Again,…

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