Bridging the gap: How Pokémon has grown up
I was 8 years old when I first flew through Pokémon Blue and 13 when I gave up on Pokémon Ruby. I’m now 20 years...
News Blips: BAFTA Awards results, Frontier’s David Braben on Metacritic, Volition still supports PC platform, and more
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Video Game Awards has enough glitz to rival the Oscars in terms of showmanship. After...
Video Blips: Crysis 2, Trine 2, Swarm, and more
I definitely hope Crysis 2's Nanosuit comes with reinforced leg armor — all those long falls makes me cringe and think of shattered kneecaps....
The Geekbox – Episode 109
The Geekbox — Episode 109 (2011-03-16) Wherein we discuss PAX East, counterfeit games, the Power Glove, Bastion, Child of Eden, The Gunstringer, Portal 2,...
Why you shouldn’t trust early Metacritic scores
I need to begin this week's column with a little inside baseball. Sometimes public relations or marketing firms for video-game publishers impose embargoes on...
Angry Birds’ Vesterbacka: Tablets are killing console games (video)
Frequent VentureBeat readers already know that Peter Vesterbacka, who leads business development at the company behind mobile gaming hit Angry Birds, thinks that mobile...
7 ways to help your games go viral on Facebook
Jessica Rovello is president and co-founder of casual and social game maker Arkadium. In less than five years Facebook has created the most powerful...
News Blips: David Jaffe jabs at acclaim for artistic games, Call of Duty director on No Russian, Angry Birds creator thinks consoles are dying, and more
Another day, another head-turning rant from David Jaffe. This industry never ceases to amaze me. News Blips: Twisted Metal designer David Jaffe directs harsh...
Video Blips: Brink, Total War: Shogun 2, Yakuza 4, and more
If Brink's dystopian setting becomes a reality, someone remind me to petition to change the name of The Ark into something less cliché. Video...
A review paradox: When franchises become genres
What constitutes a good review: a piece that describes feelings or one that simply critiques quality? Should a writer evaluate a work on its...