Reviews Spotlight: A Date with Alpha Protocol, Dragon Warrior 7, and Red Dead Therapy
Are you alone and without plans this weekend? The Reviews Spotlight has you covered! Wrought with the smells and sounds of Poland and the...
Video Games and Understanding Inception
Editor’s note: In a summer that houses the excellent Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, might Inception actually end up being the movie that resonates...
Dragon Quest Cell Phone Key Chains: Small and Spectacular
Dragon Quest is one of the most marketed — and yet underrated (in the U.S.) RPG series ever made. My guess is that, in...
Space Invaders Coasters: Geekness Hidden by Style
How many times has your mother, wife, or girlfriend yelled at you for putting water rings on her furniture? Now you can fight condensation...
Red Pixels Invading: Communistic Themes in Video Games
Editor's note: I enjoy examining common themes when discussing books, so I'm glad that Joshua took a similar approach here with video games. Honestly,...
The Geekbox — Episode 78
The Geekbox — Episode 78 (2010-08-12) Wherein we discuss clunkfic, website redesigns, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2, Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, Settlers of Catan...
Xbox Live Arcade Trend Watch: $15 Price Point Becoming the Norm
Editor's note: Thomas provides an eye-opening investigation of the trend of price increases for Xbox Live Arcade games using a mathematical model he developed...
Google confirms acquisition of virtual currency firm Jambool
Confirming earlier rumors, Google has announced the acquisition of virtual-currency startup Jambool for an undisclosed price. Jambool confirmed the deal in a letter on...
FarmVille maker Zynga hiring MySpace, Facebook survivor Owen Van Natta
Owen Van Natta is back in the game. He’s back in business. And he’s back in the games business. Zynga, the maker of FarmVille,...
Angry Birds sells 6.5M units on iPhone and flies to new smartphones
The creators of smash hit game Angry Birds visited me yesterday, and they were all smiles. The two developers from Helsinki-based company Rovio have...