Why I love buying used games
The gaming industry is going through some tough times. "We're not making as much money as before, and it's all because of the used-game...
3 Rocksmith features for non-guitar players
I haven't had many opportunities to curl my fingers around a sleek Epiphone G-400. But an actual ax fulfills the one requirement of Ubisoft's...
News Blips: Diablo 3 delayed, DotA 2 release window shortened, and Max Payne 3 keeps noir influence
For once, I'm thankful for a top-tier game's delay. My end-of-year gaming budget is already wallet-bustingly high. News Blips: Surprise, surprise: Diablo 3 won't...
Why does the fear of death continue to be gaming’s primary motivator?
Alyssa Rosenberg, a blogger whose writing I quite enjoy, covers many new media and pop culture phenomena but doesn't say much about games. In...
Video Blips: A Game of Thrones: Genesis, Burnout Crash!, Serious Sam 3: BFE, and more
A Game of Thrones: Genesis asks one simple question: Are you ready to kill for furniture? Video Blips: • The factions of Westeros and...
Why I love the Gears of War 3 campaign
NOTE: This post contains some very minor, insignificant spoilers. It won't ruin anything for you. Gears of War 3 is the first real ending...
Facebook enables new real-time social interactions for games
Facebook’s next-generation Open Graph platform will deliver a bounty of new features for social games, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said today at the company’s...
Sony redesigns PlayStation Home as a social gaming hub
Sony is showing off a major redesign of PlayStation Home. The site originally launched in 2008 as a virtual world and is now becoming a...
Fleetly joins the fitness gamification parade with a mobile and web app
Fleetly is launching a new app today that analyzes your fitness goals and motivates you to reach them. The app is part of a...
Study shows social gamers spend less time and money on console games
Social game players are spending less time and money on traditional console games, according to a survey sponsored by social game firm Kabam and...