Why Mario’s Hallmark ornaments matter beyond your Christmas tree
Many of my hobbies are typical (maybe even generic) for your average nerd. I like video games, Star Trek, professional wrestling, and so on....
Zynga partners with USC to support diversity and inclusive game production
Social mobile game publisher Zynga has made a big gift to the University of Southern California to promote the study of social mobile games,...
Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon chips will make features like dual smartphone cameras more affordable
Qualcomm has unveiled its Snapdragon 660 and 630 mobile processors today as part of its continuing quest to offer products that cover the whole...
Nexon’s Project D mobile RPG is in the works from South Korea’s Weredsoft
Nexon announced that it is partnering with South Korean mobile game developer Weredsoft on a fantasy role-playing game dubbed Project D. The Tokyo-based Nexon...
The new Blade Runner film trailer has the Atari logo
If you’re a science fiction fan, you know that Warner Bros. posted the official film trailer for Blade Runner 2049. But you may not...
How Mark Cerny used fan feedback when designing Knack 2
When Knack debuted as a launch title for the PlayStation 4 in 2013, the critics and fans weren’t kind. The game scored 54 out...
Mark Cerny’s Knack 2 has big gameplay improvements
When I stepped into a room at Sony’s U.S. game headquarters in San Mateo, California, Mark Cerny put a game controller in my hands...
My favorite battle in Horizon Zero Dawn
I finally finished Guerrilla Games’ big hit Horizon Zero Dawn on the Sony PlayStation 4. But “finished” is a relative term. While I completed...
How strong infrastructure lifts the esports industry
The infrastructure of sports is expansive and expensive, with stadiums for individual teams, established leagues, dedicated sports radio stations, and billion-dollar TV deals. As...
Our favorite Star Wars games that no one else likes
All right, already. We all know that Knights of the Old Republic is great. Today, May the Fourth, is Star Wars today. Many publications...