Guess Who: Round Ten
I hope you’ve been studying your video game characters, because it’s time once again to play the mental game of Guess Who. Below you’ll...
Zombies, Apocalypse & Frontiers: Reestablishing the Western Genre
I may be putting my foot in my mouth, but I think the recent surge in movies and games in an apocalyptic setting, as well as the zombie craze, is representative of a larger whole. Back in the day, the Western genre was huge.
Facebook shows off latest versions of its game and apps dashboards
Facebook showed off a new version of its dashboards that are meant to give more attention to games and other apps on its social...
VanEdge Capital close to raising $100M to invest in games, with EA as a partner
Paul Lee is close to closing on a $100 million fund for his new venture firm, VanEdge Capital. And one of his possible limited...
Walkthroughs and Wikis: The Many Faces of Game Strategy Guides
Editor’s note: As a former strategy guide author, I figured free online walkthroughs (and later, wikis) would’ve killed print strategy books long ago. They...
I Remember the Arcade
Editor’s note: I remember the first time I saw Dragon’s Lair and Time Traveler in the arcade. I was little, and oh man, was...
Fixing the “If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It” Genre
Editor’s note: I imagine this is the type of feedback that drives developers nuts. Scott talks about how the Zelda series needs some reimagining,...
Hong Kong’s 6 Waves raises $17.5M for Facebook games
6 Waves has shown that new entrants can still break into the Facebook apps market. And because of that, the Hong Kong company has...
Chinese authorities embrace game censorship and protectionism
China seems to be heading down the wrong road in video games. It is evidently embracing both censorship and protectionism and seems bent on...
Groundhog Day: Every Day the Same Dream
I haven’t played, much less heard of, many of them. Flower, Sun and Rain was my most recent venture into living the same day over and over again, but I’d like to throw a more recent, lesser-known (and free) game into the discussion.