Video Games
Reviews: Fifa 15, The Sims 4, Vanishing of Ethan Carter, Murasaki Baby and Bayonetta 2
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Reviews of new video games.
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The extent to which video games have become part of mainstream culture in South Korea may be a sign of things to come in the West.
Honky-Tonk Tchaikovsky? ‘Fantasia’ Game Offers a Way
By LAURA PARKER
In Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved, developers at the video game company Harmonix build on Walt Disney’s classic 1940 animated film.
Feminist Critics of Video Games Facing Threats in ‘GamerGate’ Campaign
By NICK WINGFIELD
The atmosphere has become so toxic that critics and developers are urging big companies in the $70-billion-a-year video game industry to do more to stop it.
Video Game Review
A Vengeful Ranger Full of Attitude and on a Mission
By CHRIS SUELLENTROP
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is a new role-playing game set in the “Lord of the Rings” world.
Video Game Review
Enemies Beyond the Ends of the Earth
By CHRIS SUELLENTROP
Destiny, a science-fiction game from Activision and Bungie, is new but already on pace to become a billion-dollar success.
Incoming! Video Games Zero In
By CHRIS SUELLENTROP
The new season comes with an array of promising video games, including Destiny (Paul McCartney! Peter Dinklage!) and Fantasia: Music Evolved (Mozart! Lady Gaga!).
App Smart
Games for Your Itchy Trigger Finger
By KIT EATON
First-person shooters, from retro to sophisticated. Also, Foursquare’s Swarm app comes to Windows Phone.
Imagine This
Saluting the Women Behind the Screen
By CHRIS SUELLENTROP
Conceiving a museum exhibition devoted to women in the video game industry, which hasn’t always welcomed them.
Fall Arts Preview - Times 100
How to wade through the crush of culture coming your way this season? Here’s a guide to 100 events that have us especially excited, in order of appearance.
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