Labor Day hasn't arrived just yet, but various retailers are already kick-starting their sales. Planning a last-minute camping or road trip with your quarantine bubble? Firing up the grill? Holed up in a blanket burrito, binge-watching Netflix? No matter how you'll be spending the last few weeks of summer, this weekend's best deals might be able to make the experience even better.
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Video games need to grow up. They can learn from the NBA players strike - Polygon
Maybe I'm describing you. That would be a-okay! As someone who dreaded elementary school gym class and attended a liberal arts college, I get it. Even today I find the culture of the NFL deplorable, while also being a diehard fan of the Kansas City Chiefs. I'm keenly aware of the ugliness of pro sports and the complicity of its fanbase, myself included.
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As a devotee to multiple fantasy football leagues, I can attest that sports aren't some 'roided rival of nerd culture. The opposite is true. Sports culture and video game culture have a lot in common.
The Video Game Industry Is Booming, but Sexism and Fairness Need to Be Addressed - Bloomberg
While the pandemic has supercharged business for companies such as Activision, Nintendo, and Electronic Arts, lingering issues about female gamers and exploited workers remain.
The pandemic has sent Hollywood into a tailspin, plunged travel into its deepest funk in memory, and left restaurant owners on the brink of starvation. And video game makers? They’re thriving.
The boom has supercharged what was already an extremely lucrative business. Gaming companies are developing franchises along the lines of Hollywood’s endless streams of sequels, but games can rake in far greater sales than even the biggest films—with no need to fret about bruising actors’ tender egos.
5 Historian-Approved World War II Video Games | Time
Recently, some people in younger generations have turned to a perhaps surprising source for World War II stories: video games. Games have become more realistic not only in terms of technological advancements, but also in terms of featuring real people and, at least in terms of blockbuster games like Medal of Honor and Call of Duty, getting input from real experts on military history.
For example, the upcoming virtual-reality game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond will feature documentary shorts, and creators interviewed WWII veterans about their wartime experiences to inform the set, which includes missions across Europe and in Tunisia. Inside their headsets, players will walk in the boots of a combat engineer recruited for espionage work by the Office of Strategic Services, which was a real U.S. intelligence agency during World War II and a precursor to the CIA.
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Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘High Score’ is a selective tour through
Across six episodes, key developers, artists, executives and even players discuss the initial arcade and home console boom, the emergence of Nintendo, the rise of adventure and role-playing games, the battle between Sega and Nintendo, the success and ensuing controversy over fighting games like Mortal Kombat and the development of 3D gameplay in Starfox and Doom.
We review “High Score” on the latest episode of the Original Content podcast , which inevitably leads us to get a little wistful our own relationship with these classic games.
Board games, small gatherings fuel USC coronavirus spread - Los Angeles Times
A game of Monopoly among friends. A study group with a few classmates. Dinner while chatting in the comfort of their apartment.
These are the small group gatherings that are the source of the ongoing surge of COVID-19 infections among students at USC.
The situation underscores the challenges other colleges in California face as classes resume this fall, including UCLA, where classes begin Sept. 28.
Dr. Sarah Van Orman, chief health officer for USC Student Health, said that since her last update on Monday, 104 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed — including the first three on campus — marking 147 total cases this week.
Analysis: When will PS5 release? | VGC
Launching a product during the Christmas sales period is not easy at the best of times, but with the Covid-19 pandemic still disrupting global infrastructure, neither platform holder can be confident of sticking to an exact date for their console launches, even this late in the year.
That’s the reason why the two companies are hesitant to share precise release dates for PS5 and Series X, and why even major retailers and development partners don't know exactly when to plan for.
NMSU student and online team launch new PC video game
LAS CRUCES – A New Mexico State University student and his online teammates have created a new PC video game called "Operation: Valor," which is a "tactical top-down multiplayer shooter" game.
Matthew Horrocks is a fourth-year computer science major who, along with three online friends as part of One Dawn Studios, programmed and designed a new video game. He said development started about two years ago and they were inspired by other games such as "Squad" and "Foxhole." After having to scrap the game last year, Horrocks said the programming is now largely finished.
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