Alex Weiss

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Ben Ruiz's makeshift office is located in a quiet corner of a Tempe coffee shop where he currently is working on his love letter to the beat-'em-up genre,Aztez. Aztez is a stylized brawler with an art style ripped from the wall of an Aztec pyramid. Gameplay in Aztez is split...

This year should be forever known as one of the most reasonable years video gaming has ever had. Series were completed, sequels were released, and there was generally something new and great to play. The video game industry has had its ups and downs, but 2012 was an indicator that...

The curators of New York's Museum of Modern Art recently released announced their plans to feature a new exhibit focused on video gaming. The exhibit, a feature of the museum's design collection, will explore interactive design within virtual worlds like [i]EVE Online[/i], [i]Dwarf Fortress[/i], and classic titles like [i]Pac-Man[/i]. We...

Monkey Pants Bar and Grill's Thursday night comedy event will feature Jackie Kashian, a comedian who has toured with Maria Bamford, performed on NPR's This American Life, and does a podcast called The Dork Forest. The show will feature local comedians Teddy Bearskovich, Anthony Desamito, and S&M Comedy Podcast hosts...