Articles about Video Games – Page 5 of 18

Geek of the Week: Yi Yang’s love for video games taught him English, so he wrote a book about it

Students in China who wish to study in the U.S. can often find the advanced vocabulary English tests to be… Read More

Tim's daughter Maezie enjoyed the Donut County demo at PAX

The Tim’s PAX Indie Game Awards

[Editor’s Note: Tim “The Tim” Ellis is a regular GeekWire contributor and perennial PAX attendee.] Every year at the PAX… Read More

A tale of two Penny Arcade Expos, on my first time to the show

Why I Hate the Word “Gamer” and You Should Too I’ve been in Washington state for 11 years now, and… Read More

First peek inside PAX West: Giant game event opens in Seattle with heightened security

PAX West, the video game convention that brings tens of thousands of gaming fans to Seattle every summer, opened Friday… Read More

Amazon ends 20% video game pre-order discounts for Prime members, cuts back Twitch Prime benefits

Amazon is changing the terms of its Prime benefits for video game pre-orders, replacing the 20 percent discount with a… Read More

TLDR: T-Mobile & Nokia’s $3.5B 5G alliance, Ofo shuts down in Seattle, Magic: The Gathering

Today’s featured stories With Sprint acquisition pending, T-Mobile teams up with Nokia in new $3.5B 5G alliance Ofo officially shutting… Read More

TLDR: New Xbox consoles, how to save money on housing, Nest doorbell cam captures unwelcome visitor

Today’s featured stories Microsoft reportedly building two new Xbox consoles, including a lower-priced streaming device Zillow analysis finds Seattle among… Read More

Monkey do! Nintendo releases classic arcade version of ‘Donkey Kong’ for Switch

Roll out the barrel, Nintendo is up for a barrel of fun with the release of the original “Donkey Kong”… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: The best games from E3

E3, the biggest gaming convention in the U.S., started with a bang this week. Geared Up co-host Andru Edwards is… Read More

Review: It’s a short, but interesting, walk around an abandoned space station in Fullbright’s ‘Tacoma’

The Fullbright Company, a Portland-based independent studio, was founded by several veterans of Irrational Games who worked on the “Minerva’s… Read More

TLDR: Amazon shareholders meeting, Valve removes school shooting game, new Pokemon products

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

‘It’s very David and Goliath’: Inside the growing effort to unionize video game developers

Jen MacLean, the newly appointed executive director of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), hosted a round-table discussion at the… Read More

State of play: Dell-commissioned survey shows a widening, diverse audience for video games in 2018

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op8EIkYJPlg We’ve known for a hot minute that the consumer demographics in the video game industry were A) changing rapidly,… Read More

Ready to return to Mars? Bungie reveals ‘Warmind,’ the new expansion for ‘Destiny 2’

Kirkland, Wash.-based video game developer Bungie took to its official Twitch channel Tuesday to reveal details about the forthcoming expansion… Read More

How to improve the SNES Classic’s lineup of games with an easy software hack

As a general rule, any new media device will, within 24 hours of its release date, be hacked. Sometimes people… Read More

Seattle-based 8 Circuit Studios wants to build the Metaverse with the blockchain

Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel “Snow Crash” was set, in part, in a massive multiplayer virtual reality called the Metaverse, where people… Read More

Three years later, Microsoft’s bet on Xbox One backward-compatible games is still paying off

It has been nearly three years since Microsoft announced plans to make older Xbox games playable on Xbox One, and… Read More

Game Review: Fight hot dogs and wink at the camera in Massive Monster’s ‘Adventure Pals’

I wasn’t expecting The Adventure Pals to be this easy. It’s an independently-made game that draws a lot of its… Read More

‘Myst’ turns 25: Cyan Worlds celebrates seminal game with an anniversary Kickstarter

Cyan Worlds, the game developer based outside of Spokane, Wash., launched a Kickstarter this week to mark the 25th anniversary… Read More

Indie game developer tinyBuild bulks up with $3.75M backing from new Makers Fund

tinyBuild, the Bothell, Wash.-based independent developer and publisher behind such truly weird games as “No Time to Explain,” “Party Hard,” and… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Grapple with climate change via video games; Learn about blockchain in retail; and more

How can video games change the world for the better? That’s the question posed by Games For Our Future: Surviving… Read More

Death of the Steam Machine? Valve removes links to third-party consoles from Steam hardware tab

Valve has quietly removed links and references to Steam Machine game consoles from the hardware section and drop-down menu on… Read More

Want to fight virtual zombies while riding in a real car? Apple aims to patent that idea

Running over virtual zombies might seem like a strange way to fight motion sickness in a moving car, but that’s… Read More

‘I’m still a humble toymaker’: A chat with veteran indie RPG developer Jeff Vogel of Spiderweb Software

Jeff Vogel, indie game development’s self-declared “Crazy Old Uncle In the Attic,” has been a one-man production studio for computer… Read More

‘Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ wins some, but inexplicably not all, Game Developers Choice Awards

Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild continued its industry-wide victory lap Wednesday night when it won the… Read More

Wizards of the Coast wants you to stream ‘Magic: The Gathering Arena’ … responsibly

Starting today, all participants in the Magic: The Gathering Arena closed beta will be able to create videos and stream content from… Read More

Seattle born and raised, ‘Lode Runner Legacy’ is coming to the Nintendo Switch

Tozai Games, the Seattle-area game developer, is bringing its action-puzzle game Lode Runner Legacy, the most recent installment in the… Read More

When technology was totally radical: Dream of the ’80s lives on inside working Seattle museum exhibit

The Living Computers: Museum + Labs is built around important pieces and time periods as they relate to the history… Read More

Why ‘Super Smash Bros.’ on the Nintendo Switch is a big deal

Every month or two, Nintendo puts out the Direct, a self-produced video broadcast that details its upcoming releases and projects.… Read More

Ponder identity, search for meaning, and fight karate robots in ‘The Fall, Part 2: Unbound’

When someone says “adventure game,” it can cover a lot of ground. There’s probably no other genre that’s evolved as… Read More