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$2B Counter-Strike 2 crash exposes a legal black hole: Your digital...

João Marinotti, Indiana University In late October 2025, as much as US$2 billion vanished from a digital marketplace. This...
American online streamer Darren Jason Watkins Jr., also known as IShowSpeed, experiences a traditional Chinese musical instrument on April 5, 2025, in Shenzhen, in Guangdong Province in China. VCG/VCG via Getty Images

Is China the new cool? How Beijing is using pop culture...

Shaoyu Yuan, Rutgers University - Newark IShowSpeed, a 20-year-old American YouTuber and internet star, recently livestreamed hourslong tours of...

‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ became the surprise hit of 2023 by upending...

James Dawes, Macalester College Few predicted that the smash hit video game of 2023 would feature old-school game mechanics,...

5 ways to break into the video game industry

André Thomas, Texas A&M University When you break out the game console to play a video game like NBA2K,...

Who invented video games?

Noah Wardrip-Fruin, University of California, Santa Cruz Curious Kids is a series for children of...

5 digital games that teach civics through play

Karen "Kat" Schrier, Marist College There is a lot of discussion in the United States about how to help...

How student-designed video games made me rethink how I teach history

Adam Clulow, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts Imagine you’re a young samurai in Japan...

Is gaming good for kids?

John Velez, Indiana University Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If...

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Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...

Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma