PC Is Short For Pirate Candy
Editor’s note: Some of the efforts that makers of PC games have been taking to prevent piracy are causing a great deal of grief...
Spruce Up That Living Room with Some Classic Game Artwork
The website Etsy is quickly becoming a hotspot for original video game art that any gamer would be proud to display in their parents’...
Facebook bans offer providers Gambit and Tatto Media due to questionable ads
Facebook has banned offer providers Gambit and Tatto Media from providing offers in games and apps on the social network. The development is one...
How Demon’s Souls Reminds Me of Ikaruga
Editor’s note: What do Demon’s Souls and Ikaruga have in common? Chris knows, and he shares that insight with us. Do you appreciate punishingly...
Offerpal Media sets standards to lock out scam offers
[Updated with interview] Burned by a scandal in its offer business over inappropriate promos, Offerpal Media is moving to set standards that forbid offers...
Portable Dreamcast: The Chinese Are Still the Best at Making Cheap Knock-Offs
If there was a long-dead console system that gamers would like to see reborn in a portable format, the Sega Dreamcast would be at...
Foursquare makes global push: 50 new cities
Popular location-sharing game Foursquare has just gone global with the announcement of 50 new cities worldwide, doubling the service’s previous coverage. The company says...
GreenBeat: Locust, CPower tie for grand prize in Innovation Competition
The winners of the inaugural GreenBeat Innovation Competition — a survey of the most promising technologies and companies working toward a cleaner, more efficient...
Microsoft’s Xbox Live chief on banning modders and browsing Facebook photos on TV
Microsoft launched Xbox Live as an online gaming service in 2002 amid great skepticism. It didn’t really take off until Halo 2 launched in...
Boku gains momentum with mobile payments for social games
Mobile payments provider Boku has gained a lot of momentum as a provider of alternate payment for social games. The company said in September...