Week in review: A first look at Google’s Music Beta
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Google’s Music Beta...
Huckabee, Space Marines, and Kids
Republican Mike Huckabee’s new company, “Learn Our History: Take Pride in America’s Past” might be facing allegations of copyright infringement. Early this May, his new education company released a series of preview videos for the DVD on Youtube.
News Blips: Square Enix financials tank, gaming blamed for tugboat accident, social gaming will “crash,” and more
In solidarity with Square Enix's current plight, I pledge to purchase 3,000 copies of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Wait, never mind…that means I'll be...
Video Blips: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Soul Calibur 5, Lord of the Rings, and more
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning reinforces a crucial dogma of any fantasy-themed hero: No matter how idyllic the countryside is, always keep a giant hammer...
Filling in the blanks: Recovering lost gaming memories
After 27 years of playing them, it seems like I've forgotten more games than I can remember. Many may have been instantly forgettable, or...
The role of meta-humor in Portal 2 and Sword & Sworcery EP
Good humor, as most of us have come to realize, is a rare commodity in games, and with good reason. It’s an incredibly difficult...
Why I (and probably 600,000 others) stopped playing World of Warcraft
Blizzard’s flagship online game, World of Warcraft, shed around 600,000 players in the last quarter even though it released one of its most successful...
Angry Birds flutters over to Chrome
Google is bringing Rovio‘s Angry Birds, a popular game on mobile devices where players fling birds at structures to try to destroy pigs, to...
8 reasons why everyone should give Brink a try
I started off this article with a top five in mind, but the list quickly grew, so I decided to cap it off at...
Accessibility and depth: The keys to success in popular media
Come on, everyone loves him. What do Super Smash Bros., Rock Band, and The Beatles have in common? Other than an absolutely awful pun...