News Blips: Torchlight 2, Mass Effect 3, Syndicate Trademark Filing, and More
A moment of silence for our mouse buttons, please; Torchlight 2's impending arrival heralds a new dawn of button-mashing for dungeon-crawling gamers. News Blips:...
What Can Twitter Reveal About Gamers’ Collective Unconscious?
Editor's note: Joe uses a pretty infographic of game-related tweets to propose a weighty theory about why we play games. What do you conclusions...
Video Blips: Fable 3, Commander, DJ Hero 2, and More
Time takes its toll in Fable 3, most notably in the form of heightened technology and the presence of disobediant poultry. Video Blips: •...
Enjoying the Unpredictability of Open-World Games
Editor's note: Richard takes a humorous look at the lighter side of glitching. I have to agree; sometimes a broken bit of code can...
Video Game Zombies: Different yet Exactly the Same
Editor's note: I'll admit that I find something alluring about zombies — that creeping death now only a shell of its former self intrigues...
Games: The Gateway Drug to Appreciating Other Media
My historical knowledge and daily intake of pop-culture is limited. I go to the movies, but I don't read reviews or bookmark blogs; I...
The Fall of Pixel Art and the Demise of Memorable Character Design
Editor's note: I think Ben makes a great point here: modern video-game characters have lost a lot of the charm of their pixel-art predecessors....
Welcome to the Gaming Industry, Prepare for Court – Part 3: Sony ‘Other OS’ Lawsuit
In this three part article, I will be discussing the three major lawsuits and court cases that have been covered recently in gaming media,...
ChinaJoy: The game show goes on, despite concerns that hardcore game growth is slowing
ChinaJoy, China’s equivalent of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), is famous for its thousands of show girls, new title releases, and the flashy sports...
Finding Fulfillment in Farming: Real Life vs. Farmville
Editor's note: Meghan dons her reporter's hat to explore what real-life farmers and Farmville farmers have in common. -Brett I love farmers markets. I'm...