The 5 Best (and 5 Worst) Games for New Parents
As reported in my love letter to BioShock 2, my family recently needed to make room for a third player on our gaming couch....
News Blips: Kinect’s Trouble with Dark-Skinned Users, Battlefield: Play4Free, Glasses-Free 3D Phones, and More
Turns out Kinect isn't racist — it's just farsighted. News Blips: Consumer Reports debunks claims that Kinect can't identify the faces of darker-skinned players....
What Violent Games Can Learn from The Walking Dead
I sat down to watch The Walking Dead on AMC last night with caution, because I read the comic. Robert Kirkman's Image Comics series...
Limbo: Infernal Logic
Limbo is the arresting puzzle-platformer released in July for Xbox Live Arcade, and I wanted to talk a bit about this fascinating game through...
Why I Keep Making Excuses for Fallout: New Vegas
Just like Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas is technically a terrible game. New Vegas' engine is incredibly buggy — enough that the game sometimes...
Japan’s DeNA claims it makes 30 times more per user than Facebook, 15 times more than Zynga
Japan-based social game maker DeNA announced its earnings today and revealed some interesting comparisons. Revenue for the quarter was $336 million, up 216 percent...
News Blips: Hybrid Xbox 360 Games, Raiden in Brotherhood, Gamers Herald e-Commerce, and More
While the just-released Kinect grabs the spotlight for its accurate motion controls, I'm happy to see Microsoft still respecting good old-fashioned joysticks and buttons....
Social Game Universe launches cross-promotion tool on Facebook (exclusive)
Social Game Universe is announcing today a new cross-promotion tool that will help indie developers drive traffic to their social games. The Toronto-based company...
The Force Unleashed Series Has Turned Me to the Dark Side
Now, if you know me, you'll know that the prospect of me being honest about Star Wars might seem as unlikely as the possibility that someday I'll be come a Boston Red Sox fan – it's simply never going to happen.
Video Blips: Sonic Free Riders, Dead Space 2, Need for Speed, and More
Intense rivalries, a cocksure protagonist, and hoverboard racing…yep, Sonic Free Riders may as well be called Back to the Future 2. Video Blips: •...