Summer Wars: A Movie That Finally Gets Gaming Culture Right
A few games-related movies — Mass Effect, Uncharted, Shadow of the Colossus, etc. — are on the 2011-12 horizon, but the real gem that...
News Blips: Costly 3DS, Growing Game Budgets, Redbox Game Rentals, and More
Remember when we determined the 3DS's hefty cost? The Japanese noticed. News Blips: Eighty percent of Japanese gamers consider Nintendo's 3DS to be a...
PlayFirst raises $9.2M to expand casual gaming offerings
Casual gaming startup PlayFirst announced this morning that it has raised an additional $9.2 million. The company, which started in 2004, is best known...
Video Blips: Black Ops, Epic Mickey, DC Universe Online, and More
Treyarch's unsubtle grab at the modern-shooter spotlight is clearly evident in Call of Duty: Black Ops. I felt right at home after witnessing the...
Current-Gen Multiplayer Is Boring: Redefining What It Means to Play Together
In a recent article on Bitmob, Rus McLaughlin argued that multiplayer is in dire need of fixing. He examined three upcoming titles' approach to...
Saying Goodbye
I’m leaving for the city today on a train that I knew would be waiting for me. I knew it would be taking me...
Waste Management touts real-life recycling with Facebook game
Maybe offering three cents per aluminum can isn’t much of an incentive to recycle. Would a game on Facebook be a better motivator? Recycling...
News Blips: Help Develop Mega Man Legends 3, Sega Removes “Average” Sonic Games, and More
Remember, Mega Man Legends fans. Whenever the long-awaited sequel comes out, address your diatribes about how the game isn't as good as earlier titles...
Should Japanese Games…Be Less Japanese?
Keiji Inafune sounds like a lone Horseman of the Apocalypse for the Japanese gaming industry if you've followed his press over the past year....
Review: Metroid Other M
It's a Metroid game developed by Team Ninja. When Nintendo dropped this (morph ball) bomb on us at E3 2009, I didn't know what the guys who made "jubbling" a verb with their Dead or Alive fighting/volleyball games would do with our beloved Samus.