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ConQwest
ConQwest is a Big Urban Game of the same ilk as PacManhattan. Basically a treasure hunt, high schoolers find Semacodes (an evolved form of the bar code), photograph them with their camera phones, and send them in to HQ for points. The winning school gets a $5000 check from Qwest. If you're in Salt Lake City tomorrow or Phoenix on 7 November, check it...

The Viva Caligula Game
While not as sexy as the 1979 quasi porno starring Malcolm McDowell and Peter O'Toole, the latest take on one of Rome's most notorious Emperors is ten times more satisfying. Viva Caligula is a flash game where you play as Caligula. Since the whole empire was so corrupt, the goal is to sadistically slash your way through the Roman populace, including woman and children....

Win a Wii from ThisNext and Cool Hunting
If you're one of those who wants a Wii, but is too busy reading Cool Hunting to go out and get one yourself, you have until this Friday, 31 August, to win one from CH and This Next. All you have to do to enter is contribute to Cool Hunting! Just head over to ThisNext, create an account, recommend items, and—most importantly—tag your recommendation...

Cool Hunting x ThisNext: Wii Giveaway
Our friends at ThisNext have given us a Wii. As much as Wii here at Cool Hunting would love to keep the Wii for ourselves, Wii've decided to just give it away to one lucky wiiner. Get it? I'm replacing the word we with Wii, because that's the system we're giving away—gosh I'm clever. The Wii is so freaking awesome its wiird. To enter,...

Game Developers Conference 2006
Hello! Some of you may remember last year's coverage of Game Developers Conference, rather than report on many different sessions and topics, I'd prefer to mention a couple of very special products as well as common themes. Loco Roco: The upcoming PSP title, Loco Roco, has got to be one of the cutest characters out there. Imagine what it would be like if Pacman,...

Mobile Game Mosh
The second annual 24 hour game design jam took place at Parsons last weekend. Following the structure of last year's Mobile Game Mosh, focuses on mobile games for cell phones. Teams were comprised of students, both undergraduate and graduate, from around the New York area. Given a time frame of 24 hours, the teams could produce as many single or multiplayer mobile games as...