Viacom won’t get fooled again, drops Rock Band developer as music game sales falter
Music game developer Harmonix might have started the fire for the music game industry. But it’s stopped burning, leading Viacom to sell the critically...
Is the Vietnam War still “too soon” for a video game?
One of the maps in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 — Vietnam is called Hill 137, and it is likely inspired by the real-life battle for...
Introducing: The Bitmob RPG Club!
For almost a year now, I've been writing (30) Days of RPGs, a monthly column dedicated to breaking down any and all new RPG...
It’s the Little Things: Never turning back in Super Mario Bros.
Now that Mario has conquered the far reaches of outer space, it's hard to imagine that he ever navigated a world as primitive as...
News Blips: Halo: Reach stats, Senator Yee on parental control, DC Universe Online release date, and more
If the total playtime of Halo: Reach's mammoth multiplayer community could be harnessed into a useable energy source, it would power the world's cities...
Video Blips: Hunted: The Demon’s Forge, Dead Space 2, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2, and more
I'm not sure if I feel inclined enough to save the dilapidated townships of Hunted: The Demon's Forge — hasn't anyone heard of exterior...
Quick-Time Events and Cut-Scenes: Your Stylistic Convention is Evolving!
For better or worse, the quick-time event is still hanging around. As a stylistic convention, some people hate it, and some people don't. Oftentimes, people...
Games as art
Art: “Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging symbolic elements in a way that influences and affects one or more of the...
Reviews Spotlight: Epic Mickey, Unbound Saga, and the slippery slope of nostalgia
Developers beware: You won't receive any compliments in this week's edition of the Reviews Spotlight. After forcing themselves through uninspired remakes and reimaginings, Bitmob...
Making the Tython run in Star Wars: The Old Republic
Sure, being able to call upon the Force at will and twirl my lightsaber aplenty is always appealing, but brokering tenuous peace agreements – which always seem to break down during the negotiation phase – and fetching foolhardy novitiates isn't my idea of being a hardened warrior of the Jedi order.