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Like movies, the design of games can often be reduced to a set of "building blocks", various elements that you can…

In case you just joined us, Kotaku has only been around this century. And yes, it's always been based on a formula…

Think Pokémon is just for play? It's not! When appropriated for the needs of science, it can also be a tool for learn…

Groups of massively multiplayer online gamers from around the world band together to form...unions. No, wait, stay…

Since the majority of video game players in the West are white, when they play a role-playing game, it's not hard to…

The first people to review Apple's iPad have said much about much, but little about video games — except for…

With the release of Sega's Yakuza 3 going down well with many, let's take a look at the actual Yakuza, Japan's…

Next month, Jason Rohrer, innovative developer of Passage, is releasing Sleep Is Death. The multiplayer video game…

Devon Burntwire has, for the last two years, been working on a little project: a custom room, designed solely for…

You've seen what it looks like to control The Sims, but have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a Sim?…