Pokémon trainers are disturbed and depraved: Part 1
(Note: If you are not familiar with the article from which this piece draws inspiration, Hunter S. Thompson’s “The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and...
Is fun or meaning more important for video games?
“Fun isn’t enough. It’s paramount!” I take this quote from a rant Destructoid blogger Jim Sterling made in a recent episode of his topical...
Reviews Spotlight: Guilty Gear, Ghost Trick, and Formula One racing
Every Sunday, Bitmob's Reviews Spotlight celebrates the research and writing of our unique community. Check out this week's selection of reviews and impressions. F1...
Managing player expectations
I race down neon-lit highways, toward the edge of this dystopian metropolis. Thoughts of the chaos left in my wake haunt me. I know...
Crysis 2’s Nanosuit hogs the spotlight in multiplayer
A state-of-the-art cybernetic suit has its privileges, but it's also one greedy attention whore. I'll keep this one short. First-person shooter Crysis 2 touts...
Video Blips: Bulletstorm, Final Fantasy Versus 13, SOCOM 4, and more
Can you imagine Bulletstorm's Grayson Hunt starring in a stifling educational video on how to earn points in the game? No? You're right, he'd...
Running the PR obstacle course
I'm extremely comfortable with one area of video-game journalism: the interview. The challenging part isn’t conducting them; it's setting them up in the first...
The Geekbox – Episode 102
The Geekbox — Episode 102 (2011-01-27) Wherein we discuss the 1st 87th Annual Geekboxies, awesome games, the year in TV, Oscar nominees, editing Wikipedia,...
Doodle Jump game maker Lima Sky goes Hollywood with movie deal
Doodle Jump, an enormously popular game on the iPhone, is going Hollywood in a marketing deal with Universal Pictures, which plans to cross-promote the...
New version of Angry Birds game will tie into animated movie Rio
The Angry Birds juggernaut continues. The mobile game has been downloaded tens of millions of times in the past year and it has broken...