Shake up the formula, and let Kirby’s freak flag fly
Kirby’s debut on the Wii last year seemed to more than make up for the pink puffball’s seven-year hiatus from home consoles. Kirby’s Epic...
Mortal Kombat isn’t shocking any more, but it could be
It was all over for Scorpion. My Shadow Somersault left him in a daze, forcing him to watch in horror as I closed in...
Sony to offer digital downloads for all games on its new NGP handheld
Sony will release digital versions of all new games alongside physical copies so gamers can download and begin playing games immediately on its newest...
Aussie gaming site to launch a marketplace for virtual swords (exclusive)
MMGN.com, a video gaming website in Australia, is launching an online marketplace where gamers can sell virtual goods across multiple video games, the site’s...
Love and Other Video Games.
So I am a married man. The hardships and indignation of single people are lost on me. It has been so long since i've been single, I do not really remember the issues that come with it. I have friends who have met and gotten married through World Of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XI.
An unlikely concoction: Do politics and video games mix?
For those of you who've read any of my politically inspired articles, it should come as no surprise that Homefront, a game that eagerly capitalizes on...
Kusoge Sunday – Lilly Adventure
Let’s get this out of the way up front: Lilly Adventure is an Atari 2600 game, and as such, it seems kind of unfair to include it in this column at all. After all, given the extreme limitations of the hardware, it’s a wonder that 2600 programmers could even produce something this good.
Memorable quotes from the Commonwealth Club’s debate on violent video games
From left to right: Jim Steyer, founder of Common Sense Media; George Rose, executive vice president and chief public policy officer of Activision Blizzard;...
Week in review: 4chan founder says Zuckerberg is “wrong”
Here’s our roundup of the week’s top tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: 4chan founder:...
Still not a bad word: “Gamer”
In her column on Kotaku this month, which anyone invested in gamer culture really ought to make time to read, Leigh Alexander argues that the word...