Quality content matters: Why restricting press passes to E3 2011 is a good thing
Many consider E3 to be the Mecca for gaming, and the annual trip to Los Angeles is the Hajj. That’s not quite hyperbole when...
How “Star Wars: The Old Republic” will reenergize multiplayer gaming (video)
With 12 million paying subscribers, World of WarCraft is the juggernaut of the massively multiplayer online game business. But Star Wars: The Old Republic...
Bing Gordon’s love poem to the game industry, and to me (video and poem text)
Bing Gordon accepted one of the video game industry’s highest honors last night: He became the latest recipient of a lifetime achievement award from...
New and exciting ways to play Passage!
Maybe you remember Passage, the indie game sensation from 2007 that provided a touching meditation on life, death, and marriage using limited graphics and...
News Blips: Activision scuttles Guitar Hero DLC plans, BioWare considers World of Warcraft a crucial measure of quality, and more
It was tempting at first, but I'm not going to use an "axe" pun over Activision's decision to end Guitar Hero. Now, if only...
Video Blips: Homefront, Hunted: The Demon’s Forge, MLB 11: The Show, and more
I never understand why an invading force bothers with "Conform to be free" posters. "Shut up or die" gets the message across way better....
Epic Games bets 3D graphics will take mobile devices by storm (video)
Epic Games is known for titles like Gears of War on the PC and on consoles. But the company is also working hard to...
The Geekbox – Episode 104
The Geekbox — Episode 104 (2011-02-09) Wherein we discuss X-Men, Demon’s Souls, Magicka, Angry Birds cheat codes, the disposability of games, sequelitis, price points...
BioWare founders say corporate humility is key to success (video)
One of the core values at Canadian game developer BioWare is corporate humility. Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, the founders of BioWare (a highly...
Popular places to play mobile games: in the car and on the toilet
Everyone assumes that people play mobile games while they’re on the run, but the reality is that mobile game users are seven times more...