Alexis Ong

There’s no shortage of games about the novel coronavirus or COVID-19, which has, over the past few months, created a global miasma of paranoia, racism, and fear. Global Game Jam 2020 was peppered with virus and outbreak-themed games, including a …

TipsWorks founder Yang Yang on the challenges of making Pascal's Wager: Annunciation

Hideo Kojima wants people to connect. That’s not just a theme in his latest game, Death Stranding — it’s also a huge part of his marketing platform.

A new genre is emerging at crossroads of interactive fiction and alternate reality games.

The veteran designer on adapting to new technology, bringing Cyberpunk 2077 to 2020, and using games to tackle political and social themes

On the bright Monday morning of October 21st in downtown Singapore, German air taxi startup Volocopter unveiled the VoloPort, the world’s first flying taxi station.

Japan is known for its video arcades, from the tiniest little collections of claw games in basements to entire high-rise buildings packed with floor after floor of video amusements.

Thoughts on the depiction of happiness in games for Exploits #20

HBO’s His Dark Materials is a beautifully orchestrated reminder that there’s life after Westeros, albeit with airships, science, and sensible sweater vests.

Thoughts on Sierra Entertainment's FMV milestone, Phantasmagoria, for Exploits #19

Back in June, cult Japanese skincare brand SK-II unveiled a new secret weapon: Yumi, an AI-powered emissary who has the power to dispense simultaneous skincare advice to thousands of women around the globe.

Earlier this month, Thekla founder Jonathan Blow dropped by the Singapore Games Guild's Industry Day to give a keynote speech on indie game development. The revered, experimental designer had just come from a conference in Taipei, Taiwan, where he'd spoken …

Sempo is teaming up with non-governmental organizations to bring its low-tech cash transfer programs to communities in need With blockchain becoming a commonly proposed solution to everything from tracking unborn babies to disbursing crypto-assets after you die, it’s good to …

In a 2017 interview with ESPN, Korean Overwatch League star Kim “Geguri” Se-Yeon described wanting to disguise her voice with a modulator so that male players would team up with her. This is just one example of the ongoing struggles …

News of a curious translation “bug” hit Twitter today, as the Google Translate app had some interesting results for the phrase “so sad to see Hong Kong become part of China.” The results show the word “sad” translated as “happy” …

Born in 2017, Joysteak Studios is a three-man squad of NUS graduates: Muhammad Hanif, Tan Kang Soon, and Chue Sai Hou. The trio has been working on an insanely adorable musical platformer, Songbird Symphony, which finally gets to leave its …

Keanu Reeves’ delightful appearance may just be the best thing about E3 2019 so far, even though the week is far from over. Frankly, we all got a little bit pregnant when Keanu pointed at a fan in the crowd …

Waiting for the Bethesda stream on Twitch was one long musical tease for Elder Scrolls VI, which of course, never materialised beyond a quick verbal mention (along with Starfield, its next-gen role-playing game). This year, Bethesda’s focus was on their …

Facial recognition has inserted itself into our everyday lives — most notably through Face ID on our iPhones, as well as security systems at immigration checkpoints around the world. As a concept, biometric identification is a not-so-futuristic notion that has …