The Best Articles in Gaming
The most useful articles and videos in Gaming from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
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Top 5 Gaming Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in Gaming by Refind users in 2024 so far.
Videos
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Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss on making The Matrix Awakens with Epic Games
Epic Games made an interactive Matrix experience to show off its upcoming Unreal Engine 5. We sat down with the two stars of the demo and the Matrix movies, ...
Right to be forgotten interactive video game: Round 1
Want to know more about what a Google reviewer looks at when assessing a Right to Be Forgotten request? Put yourself in the reviewer's shoes and play this in...
Ghost Signal: A Stellaris Game
Ghost Signal: A Stellaris Game is a VR action roguelite game set in the universe of Stellaris and it will transport players to the stars to participate in sp...
I Can't Believe This Is Roblox
Frontlines is a Roblox experience that you won't believe is a Roblox experience...#roblox #frontlines
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Watch the final pre-launch trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, coming May 12th, only on Nintendo Switch.Pre-order now: https://www.zelda.c...
What is ...?
New to Gaming? These articles make an excellent introduction.
How to Use Discord: A Beginner’s Guide
Confused by the buzzy social platform? Here’s everything you need to know.
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How to Win at Wordle (Without Cheating)
Solve these puzzle questions to level up your Wordle game.
How to let a metaverse die
The death of beloved MMOs can teach us how to let go
«Dr. Boellstorff recommends a community space hosted on some third-party, like Discord, to stay connected to your friends. The virtual world may no longer exist, but the relationships you built there can live on.»
Trending
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How former PlayStation boss views gaming’s tumultuous time
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Shawn Layden used to run Sony Interactive…
The Video Game And Film Industries Are Facing Remarkably Similar Problems
Rebuilding the middle, in movies and games, is the path to a healthier industry.
10 Times Nintendo Revolutionized Gaming
Nintendo is always that the forefront of innovation in the gaming industry.
On DMA Day, Apple and Epic Get Thrown Back Into Battle
Apple Terminated Epic’s Developer Account To our surprise, Apple has terminated that account and now we cannot develop the Epic Games Store for iOS. Epic Games Tim Sweeney Well, so much for getting…
PlayStation cloud streaming vs Microsoft xCloud: image quality, performance and latency tested
Cloud game streaming doesn't always offer the best in terms of image quality and latency, but how does the PS Plus Clou…
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles in Gaming—all under 10 minutes.
Alan Wake 2: Blurring the lines between gaming and revelatory art
Science is one route to the truth. Across the millennia, drawing on many diverse influences, we humans figured out a way of interrogating the world that reveals features we can all agree on (like, for…
34 years later, a 13-year-old hits the NES Tetris “kill screen”
BlueScuti forces the game to crash after 40 minutes and 1,511 lines.
From Tic-Tac-Toe to Monopoly, a mathematician reveals the design secret of great games
The author of ‘Around the World in Eighty Games’ notes that games offer a kind of safe space to explore our universe.
Easy Mode Is Actually for Adults
Video games can be arduous. But real life is hard enough.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Gaming.
Inside Apple's Massive Push to Transform the Mac Into a Gaming Paradise
In an interview with Apple product marketing managers Leland Martin, Doug Brooks, and Gordon Keppel, we go deep on how Apple is transforming the Mac into a respectable AAA video games platform that…
'I've Never Seen It This Bad:' Game Developers Explain the Huge Layoffs Hitting Riot, Epic, and More
I spoke to over 40 game developers whose companies had been impacted by layoffs in the last year. They shared with me the explanations companies gave them for what was causing the sudden loss of their…
The Tremendous Yet Troubled State of Gaming in 2024
If you’re a player or casual observer, the video game industry seems to have it all. Yet growth is now illusory, layoffs abundant, and game/studio shutdowns common. Why? And how might things change?
Emerging developers on Roblox are gaming’s rising stars
Amid the sea of bad news about layoffs, there aren't many bright spots in gaming. But making games on the Roblox platform can be one of them.
Microsoft’s gaming chief on Xbox games coming to PS5, next-gen hardware, and more
Microsoft wants to grow Xbox in new ways.
Podcasts
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Nintendo's Origins
You may think you know the Nintendo story: a plumber named Mario, a princess named Zelda… and didn’t they buy the Seattle Mariners at some point? We thought we knew it too. And then we started…
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