News Blips: PlayStation Plus Details, Kinect Pricing, Square Enix on 3D, and More
With all of these pay-to-play services, I wouldn't be surprised if my wallet ended up so slim it disappeared. News Blips: Sony spills the...
Video Blips: Splatterhouse, Divine Souls, Ni no Kuni, and More
I'm glad Splatterhouse is a remake of the classic 1988 beat-'em-up arcade game of the same name. Otherwise, it could've been some low-budget skin-flick....
When Games Are Literally Art
Editor's note: You can call me uncultured, and you can call me uncouth, but visual art has never made any sense to me. After...
How Not to be a Gamz Jarnalist, E3 2010 Edition
Editor's note: Mitchell fires some harsh words at press members he felt lacked integrity at this year's E3. Do you agree with his assessment?...
Activision Blizzard’s Thomas Tippl defends dealings with game developers
Thomas Tippl is chief operating officer and acting chief financial officer at Activision Blizzard. As such, he helps run the largest independent publisher of...
Founder replaces CEO of Second Life maker Linden Lab
Linden Lab, creator of the 3D virtual world Second Life, said today that Mark Kingdon (right) has resigned as chief executive and is being...
Moving Forward: Responsibility and Narrative in War Games
Editor's note: Despite our industry's obsession with wars and the themes they imply, we can't seem to journey beyond the same, humdrum locales. Nicholas...
MocoSpace launches mobile social games platform
Joining a parade of startups, MocoSpace launched a mobile, browser-based social games platform today. While many platforms have been launched for social games recently,...
The Geekbox — Episode 71
The Geekbox — Episode 71 (2010-06-23) Wherein we discuss Futurama’s impending return, E3 2010 press conferences, the Microsoft Kinect, the Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Move,...
18 Things I Learned at E3 2010
Editor's note: I met up with Brian on the first day of E3 as he was snapping some photos. Somehow he managed to turn...