Gaming Culture

Just as love of B-movies, which are by definition inferior to their peers, is an accepted part of Western pop culture, love of inferior games is something of a phenomenon in Japan. The Japanese call them “kusoge,” a portmanteau of the words for “shit” and “game”.

Just a reminder: Your game history articles are due this Saturday. We already have two entries dealing with some fascinating game-related subjects, but don't...

A tale of a man, a woman and pig — where no one gets romantically involved. Enslaved is a game that is focussed on how us...

Image courtesy of Wired I don’t normally write about the current events in gaming and when you’re done reading this you’ll probably understand why....

I’ve written about my impressions on this current era of capitalism and how it effects the games industry. Now with recent numbers showing a slight decline in almost all facets of the industry, I wanted to comment on this obsession with growth. Did you just snicker?