The Influence of Gaming
According to the market research firm The NPD Group, 27 percent of America's entertainment dollar is spent on video games. According to New York Times Magazine author and game aficionado Clive Thompson, whether you play them or not, video games have ch...
The Culture of Gaming
Despite the comparisons, video games are a wholly new medium, allowing an interactivity, agency and complexity most other media just can't provide. Brooke talks to Kill Screen Magazine editor Jamin Brophy-Warren, novelist Nicholson Baker, and journalis...
July 1, 2011
An encore broadcast of our one-hour look at the history, the culture and the future of video games. Whether you know it or not you're likely a gamer and games are creeping into nearly every aspect of life; an hour on how far video games have com...
www.anything.goes (On The Media: Friday, 24 June 2011)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is increasing the number of possible endings for website addresses. There are currently 22 generic domains, including .com, .gov and .edu, but with the new rules, anything can go after the dot—...
Tom Bissell Keeps Caring About Videogames
Tom Bissell is one of our favorite writers on videogames. His book last year Extra Lives, was a study in how videogames work (or don’t), why they’re a singular medium and why Bissell finds them so terribly addictive. Last summer, when we talked...
Tom Bissell Keeps Caring About Videogames
Tom Bissell is one of our favorite writers on videogames. His book last year Extra Lives, was a study in how videogames work (or don’t), why they’re a singular medium and why Bissell finds them so terribly addictive. Last summer, when we talked...
Tom Bissell Keeps Caring About Videogames
Tom Bissell is one of our favorite writers on videogames. His book last year Extra Lives, was a study in how videogames work (or don’t), why they’re a singular medium and why Bissell finds them so terribly addictive. Last summer, when we talked...
Supreme Court Strikes Down California Violent Video Game Law
This week, we're rebroadcasting our special hour on video games. In celebration of the occasion, the Supreme Court (huge OTM fans), struck down a California law that would have levied a $1,000 fine to against retailers who sold violent games to minors ...
Supreme Court Strikes Down California Violent Video Game Law
This week, we're rebroadcasting our special hour on video games. In celebration of the occasion, the Supreme Court (huge OTM fans), struck down a California law that would have levied a $1,000 fine to against retailers who sold violent games to minors ...
Supreme Court Strikes Down California Violent Video Game Law
This week, we're rebroadcasting our special hour on video games. In celebration of the occasion, the Supreme Court (huge OTM fans), struck down a California law that would have levied a $1,000 fine to against retailers who sold violent games to minors ...
Remembering Clarence Clemons (On The Media: Friday, 24 June 2011)
The music world lost a legend last week when Clarence Clemons, the saxophone player in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, died at the age of 69. NPR Music's Ann Powers talks about the symbolism of one of rock's great sidemen.
The Onion’s Case for a Pulitzer
The satirical newspaper The Onion has yet to win the coveted Pulitzer Prize, despite its self-proclaimed status as “America’s finest news source.” A new campaign launched by the non-profit organization Americans for Fairness in Awarding Journal...
