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...
After the Sendai earthquake: Reflections on docu-games
March 11th, 2011 is a date that will stick in the minds of many people — myself included — for quite some time. When...
Pokémon Black and White are the sequels skeptics have been waiting for
Nintendo must not want the fifth generation of Pocket Monsters to sell. Why else would it neglect to mention the most winning new features...
Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack review
Halo: Reach’s second map pack, the Defiant Map Pack, is going to be released in just two days. Lucky for us, we’ve got our hands on them early and had a nice run through of the two multiplayer maps, Condemned and Highlands, and the new Firefight map Unearthed.
RewardVille will make you play even more Zynga games
Social gaming giant Zynga just announced the launch of RewardVille, a program that offers virtual goods for playing Zynga games. RewardVille has been in...
Guild creator Felicia Day: Web shows should aim carefully
If you want to launch a successful Web TV show, thinking small may be better than thinking big, said Felicia Day, writer and star...
Dead Rising can teach us more about open-world games than Red Dead Redemption
Dead Rising will turn five later this year, and that feels odd. I still remember watching the trailers and thinking how amazing it will...
Hype: Scrolls
Mojang, the creators of Minecraft, have just recently announced their new game called Scrolls. Its going to be a card-game + board game with...
Japanese earthquake rocks online games
Square Enix, developer of video games like the role-playing Final Fantasy game series, will shut down its servers for its online games Final Fantasy...