Faith in fantasy
Psychological fantasy films and the path to the unreal in art.
08 Sep
Digital undead – Plants vs. Zombies interview
Digital undead – Plants vs. Zombies interview
Society Eye converses with George Fan, creator of Plants vs. Zombies, the tower defense hit for PC – and soon for Xbox Live and iPhone.
05 Sep
Darwinian dueling
Darwinian dueling
Starcraft isn’t the only place where aliens and marines battle for supremacy. One of the best multiplayer mods of all time is getting a sequel. Here’s why you should be interested in Natural Selection 2.
03 Sep
It’s hip to be square
It’s hip to be square
Sometimes, what’s not cool is cool. And that’s cool.
31 Aug
Literacy 2.0
Literacy 2.0
The Internet is no time waster – it’s turning youth into a literate legion.
28 Aug
Meshing the virtual and real
Meshing the virtual and real
Virtual worlds offer us freedom from the boundaries of reality. So why do we project the problems of the world into our second lives? By Alex Cybulski.
27 Aug
Netardation
Netardation
How our constant, uninterrupted access to information and leisure is retarding our mental development. And killing us.
25 Aug
Videogame characters of well-rounded esteem
Videogame characters of well-rounded esteem
If good characters cohesively hold a variety of characteristics in interrelated unity, are fictional folks like Andrew Ryan, Captain Price and Niko Bellic more than just flat entities?
22 Aug
Dan Marshall, adventurer extraordinaire
Dan Marshall, adventurer extraordinaire
Only a complete idiot would give an interview to Society Eye. Luckily, Zombie Cow Studios’ Dan Marshall was happy to step up to the task! (Note: in-game joke)
16 Aug
Dawn of the debt
Dawn of the debt
Why our ongoing zombie fiction craze could be related to the recession.
15 Aug
Musical collaboration in games
Musical collaboration in games
Collaborations between musicians and rhythm-based music games are becoming the norm – but pop artists have been involved with games in more original ways too.