The 5 Best (and 5 Worst) Games for New Parents
As reported in my love letter to BioShock 2, my family recently needed to make room for a third player on our gaming couch....
News Blips: Kinect’s Trouble with Dark-Skinned Users, Battlefield: Play4Free, Glasses-Free 3D Phones, and More
Turns out Kinect isn't racist — it's just farsighted. News Blips: Consumer Reports debunks claims that Kinect can't identify the faces of darker-skinned players....
What Violent Games Can Learn from The Walking Dead
I sat down to watch The Walking Dead on AMC last night with caution, because I read the comic. Robert Kirkman's Image Comics series...
Limbo: Infernal Logic
Limbo is the arresting puzzle-platformer released in July for Xbox Live Arcade, and I wanted to talk a bit about this fascinating game through...
Why I Keep Making Excuses for Fallout: New Vegas
Just like Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas is technically a terrible game. New Vegas' engine is incredibly buggy — enough that the game sometimes...
Japan’s DeNA claims it makes 30 times more per user than Facebook, 15 times more than Zynga
Japan-based social game maker DeNA announced its earnings today and revealed some interesting comparisons. Revenue for the quarter was $336 million, up 216 percent...
News Blips: Hybrid Xbox 360 Games, Raiden in Brotherhood, Gamers Herald e-Commerce, and More
While the just-released Kinect grabs the spotlight for its accurate motion controls, I'm happy to see Microsoft still respecting good old-fashioned joysticks and buttons....
Social Game Universe launches cross-promotion tool on Facebook (exclusive)
Social Game Universe is announcing today a new cross-promotion tool that will help indie developers drive traffic to their social games. The Toronto-based company...
Video Blips: Sonic Free Riders, Dead Space 2, Need for Speed, and More
Intense rivalries, a cocksure protagonist, and hoverboard racing…yep, Sonic Free Riders may as well be called Back to the Future 2. Video Blips: •...
The Geekbox – Episode 90
The Geekbox — Episode 90 (2010-11-03) Wherein we discuss the World Series, Futurama costumes, The Walking Dead, Star Trek Online, Rock Band 3, Red Dead...