No More Power Fantasies: Can Games Completely Deny Players of Victory?
Editor’s note: I tend to agree with Gerard’s main point: that many video games are an expression of childhood power fantasies, and I can...
PAX East’s Enforcers: Paying it Forward from One Community to Another
PAX East Enforcer Plaid Lad stands tall on the expo floor. The kilt tradition began when someone wore a kilt to PAX Prime. People...
Hit or Miss Weekend Recap – April 4, 2010
This week on Hit or Miss: The universe is revealed to be a fan of retro gaming; BioWare is responsible for either the best...
Quake 2 in HTML5: No Plugin Necessary to Frag
We've been covering Quake Live, which is a great way to play the classic first-person shooter online and takes a minimal amount of effort...
Reviews Spotlight: Zombies in Space, Darksiders, and the Blue Bomber
Happy Easter! While you were out all day, searching for chocolate eggs, the community has been hunting for brains. From the space-faring undead to...
Mirror’s Edge and Need for Speed Shift look cool on the iPad (video)
Seeing is believing when it comes to using the Apple iPad as a gaming device — so we’re giving you a video report to...
Wiihabilitation: Saving Lives, One Game at a Time
Two years ago, my doctor diagnosed me with acute, chronic insomnia. While the term has become synonymous with mild sleeplessness, it's always been far...
iPad gaming first impressions: mesmerizing screen, but no killer app yet
I picked up an Apple iPad on Saturday with the mission of checking out how good a device it is for gaming. I’ll be...
Continuity: Screen-Jumping Puzzle Game Looks Deceptively Simple
At the end of last year, I wrote a story about a racing game where a car would move from one iPhone to another....
(Thirty) Days of RPGs : April 2010
Editor’s note: The RPGs of April? Hell, I’m still caught in the RPGs of March (Final Fantasy 13 and Infinite Space dominating what little...