How to lead an adult life and keep playing videogames?
Adulthood is not easy. Back in the 1980’s and early 90’s life was delightfully simple. Go to school, play games, rinse and repeat. Of...
Video Blips: Uncharted 3, LittleBigPlanet 2, and The Last Story
Nathan Drake's tendency to instigate mayhem wherever he goes may not bode well if he decides to start selling real estate, but it sure...
30 Minute Review: Heroes Lore III (iOS)
When I was younger, the only thing standing between me and hours of gaming goodness was money.Time is a valuable commodity to all working adults. Likewise, kids don’t have the attention spans they used to, so if you are going to hook anyone, your game has to make a good impression.
Y Combinator-backed Humble Bundle sells $1.8M worth of indie games
The second Humble Indie Bundle, a batch of games that players can purchase for whatever amount they want to pay, has raked in a...
My Top Five Personal Picks of 2010
2010 was an interesting year. Some would project it to be a rather disappointing year while I myself would say it was full of...
Week in review: Skype outage affects tens of millions
Here’s our roundup of the of the week’s tech business news. (It’s shorter than usual, owing to the fact that there’s less going on...
FarmVille co-creator working on stealthy startup BetterWorks
Is your job about to get a lot more addictive? Maybe — Sizhao Yang, one of the original team members behind insanely popular Facebook...
Viacom ditches Rock Band, Dance Central after selling off music game developer Harmonix
When Viacom decided to sell music game developer Harmonix, it was a pretty good indication that it didn’t think Harmonix was doing a good...
Analyzations: BioShock and the morality of self-interest
The mechanic of Atlas' character plays with that trickery found in the story of Hercules' twelve labors, when Atlas tried to con Hercules' into taking the weight of the world off his shoulders. Atlas tricks the player into feeling a sense of comeradery, until you find out he is using you for personal gain.
When Tesla’s lockup expires Monday, will its stock drop? Short sellers think so
updated Tesla’s IPO has been one a few super-successful cleantech public offerings this year, if not the most successful. But will the good news continue...