The man with no name: Neutrality in gaming morality systems
Ask me who my favorite fictional characters are and you might be surprised at who’s at the top of the list. It’s not Luke...
Can GameStop’s Kongregate app help Google catch up with Apple in mobile games? [Update: and it’s gone!]
[Update: Well, that was short-lived. Google has pulled the application from the Android Marketplace, citing a violation of its terms of service.] Kongregate, the...
Black (Ops) Tuesday: Prepare to get nothing done February 1
They walk — or rather, sit — among us. At any given time there are hundreds of thousands of people playing the multiplayer version...
Eighth grader knocks Angry Birds out of the top free spot on the App Store
Angry Birds and its variants have dominated the top ranks of iPhone games for the past year. But on Thursday, a game called Bubble...
Reviews Spotlight: Blood, shadows, and A World of Keflings
This week's Reviews Spotlight is all about asking questions. How does Lost in Shadow end? What kind of deranged sociopath would enjoy the bloody...
When casual gamers are inadvertently awesome
I am a very proud uncle. As far as I'm concerned, my six-year-old nephew and four-year-old niece are pretty much the greatest collection of...
Restoring the wonder of massively multiplayer games
One of my best friends is missing. When I last saw him, his eyes were filled with amazement as he beheld the untamed lands...
Females of retail: Tales from video-game saleswomen
Women selling games is a topic I've wanted to talk about for a long time. I wonder what they go through? Is it bad?...
Why Bulletstorm is the Bad Boys 2 of Video Games: And Why Thats Freaking Awesome
I have a little joke with my friends, when discussing movies we use the Bad Boys 2 scale. We don't really use it to rate movies we just say whether or not a movie is Bad Boys 2. For example
Friend: Hey did you see True Grit yet?
Poseidon Shrugged (Bioshock Spoiler Warning!
Your name is Jack. It’s 1960, and you’re on a plane flying somewhere over the Mid-Atlantic. You say to yourself; “they told me, ‘son,...