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...
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Monday Night Combat
Uber Entertainment recently shared some facts about Monday Night Combat, its tower-defense/team-based-shooter title, via Twitter. It's since become a regular "feature." The best part?...
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...
Do game industry luminaries fear or welcome the arrival of digital distribution?
Digital distribution has arrived in the video game industry, just as it did for music and movies. Will it disrupt game companies as much...
GameStop debuts a “store of the future” as online threat looms
The top brass of GameStop, the world’s biggest video game store chain, dedicated their new “store of the future” on a cool strip of...
Ukraine’s Gameprom scores big with iPhone pinball
In the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, it’s not easy to get your hands on a pinball machine. Nor is it possible to get an Apple-approved...
Taking it Outside: A Gamer’s Take on Geocaching
Editor's note: I'm sure I've read about geocaching before, but I don't remember any specifics, and I've never actually participated in the activity. This...
China to get Lich King add-on for World of Warcraft online game — almost two years late
Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase said today that they will be able to launch Wrath of the Lich King, the add-on expansion for World of...
Intel and Nokia launch joint research on mobile 3D virtual worlds
Smartphones have barely entered the 3D age, but Nokia and Intel are already racing ahead to do research on enabling 3D virtual worlds on...
Sports Gamers — Casually Hardcore?
Editor's note: Chris hits upon one of my pet peeves in video games: Sports games are either for the casual player or the hardest...