The people who watch video games, but never play them

Twitch is acquiring popular video game community and software maker Curse | TechCrunch

Live streaming video platform Twitch (a subsidiary of Amazon) is doubling down on video games with the acquisition of a significant player in the world of

5 top gaming investors explain how the pandemic is reshaping MMOs and social games | TechCrunch

Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has forced millions into isolation, video games are seeing a surge in usage as people seek entertainment and social

Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports

By mid-2020, the number of people playing video games had grown to 3.1 billion, according to DFC Intelligence. Considering that in July the total population of the Earth exceeded 7.8 billion, just under 40% are familiar with games. Analysts point out that almost half of the accounted three billion are those who play only on […]

Video Games Are Better Than Real Life

Many Americans have replaced work hours with game play — and ended up happier. Which wouldn’t surprise most gamers.

How Video Games Are Changing the Way Soccer Is Played (Published 2016)

Games like FIFA that were designed to reflect the sport’s reality have helped alter it, influencing professional players and front offices.

Video Games Are Boring

Video games are bigger than movies. Everyone's a gamer. I've devoted my life-no exaggeration-to video games for 14 year…

There’s not enough videogames; everyone should be encouraged to make them (or, videogames are just art)

Indiepocalypse discourse is back in vogue again. Polygon published this article about how there’s too many videogames; Games Industry published this editorial about how we need to stop encour…

7 Reasons Why Video Gaming Will Take Over — MatthewBall.co

It’s replicating the most lucrative entertainment businesses on earth… and then adding a lot more.

We need more video games that are social platforms first, games second | TechCrunch

During these long, mundane physically-distant days, stretching on into an uncertain future like an ever-lengthening beigeish corridor, it's impossible not

Opinion | Video Games Are Destroying the People Who Make Them (Published 2017)

The industry’s infamous “crunch” culture is taking a serious toll on workers.

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Why do some gamers invert their controls? Scientists now have answers, but they’re not what you think

The phenomenal response to an article we published on this question led to detailed cognitive research – and the findings have implications that go way beyond gamers

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Introducing The Pentaract: A Comprehensive Set of Video Game Lexicons for ATProto

Some of you already know that I’ve been working on-and-off on a lexicon for video games. I figured it would be a good idea to put the lexicon up for further discussion, and to make sure I’m headed down the right path with things. But why? Last year, the video games industry experienced a significant upheaval when radical groups leveraged moral panic to pressure payment processors, which in turn pressured games platforms to remove NSFW applications. This resulted in a lot of underrepresented dev...