Gaming

An image from the video game Genshin Impact

Chinese Genshin Impact is one of the most-profitable video games on Earth. It balances mass appeal with Beijing’s blessing.

Genshin Impact’s unexpected global success highlights a precarious balance: How Beijing goes about nurturing Big Tech while holding true to Chinese Communist Party ideology.

Role Playing Games

Arts, Culture & Media

Playing Against the Virus

Arts, Culture & Media
A Japanese Famicom (short for "Family Computer") video game console made by Nintendo.

Japanese parents experience nostalgia as Nintendo console enters school textbooks

Education
Razur

‘Am I trans?’ One teen’s quest and how gaming helped

Culture
Mariam Adil (far right) onstage at a Clinton Global Initiative University's conference with President Bill Clinton and other commitment makers. Image courtesy GRID Website

She’s shaking up the video game industry. From Pakistan

Technology

Mariam Adil, a young entrepreneur, is making waves, challenging stereotypes in the gaming industry. Her mission: By letting gaming become more inclusive, the industry can do so much more to advance social progress.

A still from "That Dragon, Cancer."

How a child’s struggle with cancer became an affecting video game

Culture

Ryan Green created the video game “That Dragon, Cancer” to tell the story of his son’s struggle with cancer — and cope with it himself. His son didn’t survive, but he hopes the game lives on and helps others understand how families deal with such tragedies.

A screenshot of one of the harrassing tweets directed at video game critic Anita Sarkeesian.

What is #GamerGate all about?

Media

The new movement calling itself #GamerGate claims it’s fighting political correctness in the gaming media. It accuses gaming reporters and reviewers of cronyism and collusion with game creators. But #GamerGate has become known for intense harassment and intimidation tactics.

Lilian Chen goes by the gaming name "milktea"

This woman’s gaming career took off in the back of her parents’ Chinese restaurant

Culture

Lilian Chen grew up playing video games in the back of her parent’s Chinese restaurant. She navigates between her life Chinese heritage at home and her American lifestyle at school. But it was in the world of gaming where Chen found home.

A visitor to the Shell Club, a sports and social venue, plays a slot machine near the Shell Oil refinery in Geelong, Australia.

Even when you’re losing, slot machines boost your morale — and casino profits

Technology

This isn’t your granddad’s gambling industry: As casinos spread and habits change, slot machines have become a massive part of casino profits — as much as 85 percent. They’re doing so partly by giving gamblers the illusion of winning, even when they’re falling behind.