The Groan-Inducing Humor of Dragon Quest IX
Dragon Quest IX has some of the cheesiest writing I've ever seen in a video game. The game is great, even to someone like...
Halo: Reach won’t be a disappointment for 30 million waiting fans
Everything about Halo: Reach will seem familiar to the video game franchise’s 30 million fans. That’s both a blessing and a curse for the...
Best Buy rolls out used game sales in 600 stores
Hot on the heels of Target’s trade-in program announcement, Best Buy announced today that they’re launching their own service at 600 stores this week....
Is the game market generating $100B per year in revenues?
Recent estimates value the global games business somewhere in the range of $50 billion. But if you factor in the booming online gaming sector...
Google loses its games evangelist after just four months
Google has been acting like it’s going to move into the social gaming space for months now. But it’s not clear how serious we...
Website builder DevHub gets users hooked by “gamifying” its service
Gamification is a hot buzz word these days. It means taking the mechanics of games and what makes them fun and then applying them...
Gaming Influences Episode 2 – Dan “Shoe” Hsu
In this episode I talk with Dan about early gaming and how he got into the industry. We also talk about the current state...
On HL2: Episode Two, linearity, the G-Man, and Episode Three
I originally posted this on my blog over at Giant Bomb. I've been getting good feedback so I thought I'd turn to the Bitmob...
Irrational Games prepares to unveil its mysterious Project Icarus game
Whetting the appetites of gamers who appreciate original games, Irrational Games said it plans to release details of its Project Icarus publicly on Thursday....
THQ loses money in hardcore games, hopes for gains in online titles
THQ lost money in its most recent first fiscal quarter ended June 30, thanks to a weaker line-up of games this year compared to...