Microsoft’s Xbox Live chief on banning modders and browsing Facebook photos on TV
Microsoft launched Xbox Live as an online gaming service in 2002 amid great skepticism. It didn’t really take off until Halo 2 launched in...
Boku gains momentum with mobile payments for social games
Mobile payments provider Boku has gained a lot of momentum as a provider of alternate payment for social games. The company said in September...
My Moral Dilemma – Modern Warfare 2
Editor’s note: This seems like a good time to remind everyone of Bitmob’s Modern Warfare 2 Game Night this Friday. Jon may or may not...
Game ad firm NeoEdge merges with game developer, hires new CEO
NeoEdge, a company that offers a way to insert video ads into online games, is going through some big changes — in part driven...
Flurry launches AppCircle to help apps get discovered
With 100,000 apps in Apple’s AppStore, it has become ridiculously hard to get an app discovered. At any given time, perhaps 100 apps are...
New Mega Man Gear is Actually Coming to America
It seems like all the best video game gear goes to other countries, and in America, we are stuck checking Ebay. A new Capcom...
Hell Yeah: Church Sim Will Blow You Away
God, we love going to church. Think about it: You get to listen to old, ancient stories, singalong to a bunch of head-bopping ditties,...
Livescribe launches an app store for its Pulse smart pen platform
Inspired by Apple, every hardware maker is creating an app stores these days. Today, Livescribe is launching a beta platform that allows developers to...
Dragon Age and Sexual Double Standards: An Open Letter to BioWare
Even if you haven’t yet played BioWare’s epic new RPG Dragon Age: Origins, the principle of social osmosis means you’re probably still familiar with...
GreenBeat: Doerr wants to see more U.S. leadership in smart grid, cleantech
“Ten years out we want lamps that use 2 of percent the energy [they’re usually using now] and put out the same amount of...