There are plenty of virtual reality (VR) examples when it comes to keeping physically healthy but far fewer when dealing with cognitive abilities. Today, Virtuleap has launched its brain training […]
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Educational Tool HistoryMaker VR Steps Onto Steam in August
Schell Games, the virtual reality (VR) studio behind titles such as Until You Fall and I Expect You to Die also creates educational apps like HoloLAB Champions and HistoryMaker VR. Today, […]
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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla preview: Sailing into the storm
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla might be the first Assassin’s Creed game to feel like it was born as an open-world RPG, rather than an open-world RPG that is also an Assassin’s […]
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Three hours with Watch Dogs: Legion, Jane Bond, and a construction worker
My name is Margareta Ionescu, and I am a spy. I spent the last several minutes on the trail of a possible informant, investigating a series of crime scenes and […]
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Mega Man VR: Targeted Virtual World!! Trailer Arrives from Capcom
It’s not been an easy ride of late for location-based entertainment (LBE) venues like virtual reality (VR) arcades. Companies like Ubisoft are trying to help with license-free games or by […]
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D&D will change to address racism, but someone has already done the work
In June, Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast announced that it would take steps to address racist stereotypes in the world’s most popular role-playing game. But the problems […]
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Scare Yourself out the House With Layers of Fear VR on Oculus Quest Today
Bloober Team launched the virtual reality (VR) version of its well-received psychological horror Layers of Fear in December 2019 for PC VR headsets. Today, the title makes its way to […]
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How Animal Crossing players are protecting themselves from pirates
By the time G realized his island had been ransacked, it was too late. He didn’t even see the perpetrator jump off the airport pier and into the water, only […]
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Protecting Pangolins and Preventing Pandemics: How XR Inspires Empathy and Shapes Action
As a medium, it is well understood by now that virtual reality–one of the immersive filmmaking varieties under the “XR” umbrella of virtual, augmented and mixed reality–can help audiences feel […]
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Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing In Disguise Review – Chasing Its Own Shadow
Some people think the appeal of 2010’s Deadly Premonition boiled down to “so bad it’s good,” but I don’t think that’s accurate. Back then, a lot of us unironically loved […]
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Help turn our Street Fighter oral history series into a book
For about a decade now, I’ve wanted to write a Street Fighter history book. Ask people who know me, and they’ll probably tell you this hasn’t been a secret. Like […]
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