Pixel Revolt: Community Question Reminder
Editor’s note: Holiday schedule change: We’re recording Pixel Revolt tonight instead of Thursday. That means you only have a few hours left to respond...
The best original video games of 2009
Franchises. Sequels. Big summer movie games. Despite the glut of those familiar games that crowd retail shelves each year, gamers witnessed a respectable outpouring...
An Argument Against Games as Art
Editor’s note: I don’t agree with Alex that games are currently immune to the kind of judgments he finds so abhorrent between consumers of...
Better Than an Ill-Fitting Sweater: Win Peggle for PSN
Editor’s note: Toby’s getting into the holiday spirit by generously offering a download code for the PSN version of Peggle. Will you be the...
Is This Genre-Birthing Quest Still A Hero?
You’re journeying through a massive world and have two choices: you can either save a hot babe or slay the Dragon Lord. Which would...
The year it exploded: 10 hottest Chinese social games of 2009
Lucas Englehardt is CEO of BloggerInsight and an editor of ChinaSocialGames.com who is working with social gaming companies on executing their China plans. Based...
Mobile games: Have we learned anything at all?
Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by GetJar. It seems games publishers are an ungrateful group. A couple of years ago you heard them...
Reviews Spotlight: Sequels, Demons, Classics, and a New Zelda
This week we have a sequel to the Tales RPG-saga, Demon’s Souls, Excitebots: Trick Racing, and the latest installment in the Zelda series, The...
Hit or Miss Weekend Recap: Dec. 20, 2009
This week on Hit or Miss: Microsoft plans to shatter millions of online relationships with reality-based Avatars; Sony’s motion controller will break new ground...
How to Make Episodic Gaming Work
Editor’s note: Figuring out episodic content is definitely one of the industry’s greatest conundrums. Stephen uses the format of older games to explain how...