It’s the Little Things: Never turning back in Super Mario Bros.
Now that Mario has conquered the far reaches of outer space, it's hard to imagine that he ever navigated a world as primitive as...
News Blips: Halo: Reach stats, Senator Yee on parental control, DC Universe Online release date, and more
If the total playtime of Halo: Reach's mammoth multiplayer community could be harnessed into a useable energy source, it would power the world's cities...
Ex-Voodoo PC chief Rahul Sood joins Microsoft to design cool stuff
Rahul Sood, a product wunderkind at Hewlett-Packard, left his job last month and has reappeared as the general manager of “system experience” within the...
Video Blips: Hunted: The Demon’s Forge, Dead Space 2, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2, and more
I'm not sure if I feel inclined enough to save the dilapidated townships of Hunted: The Demon's Forge — hasn't anyone heard of exterior...
Quick-Time Events and Cut-Scenes: Your Stylistic Convention is Evolving!
For better or worse, the quick-time event is still hanging around. As a stylistic convention, some people hate it, and some people don't. Oftentimes, people...
A million people have pulled out their virtual wallets in Nexon’s MapleStory online game
When Nexon brought its free-to-play MapleStory online game to the U.S. in 2005, everyone shook their heads. Everybody was skeptical that American gamers would...
Sony Ericsson’s PlayStation Phone expected to debut in April (report)
The rumored Sony Ericsson PlayStation phone powered by Android could hit stores as early as April, according to the news site Pocket-lint. Pictures and...
Why video games are the new movies: Call of Duty Black Ops sales top $1B
Call of Duty Black Ops video game sales have topped $1 billion since the combat game went on sale on Nov. 9, Activision Blizzard reported today.
The numbers are a land-speed record for the sale of any video game: It’s the fastest $1 billion ever made in the video-game industry. Black Ops broke the previous record set by its predecessor, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, a year ago.
NeoEdge raises $3M for ad platform for games
NeoEdge has raised $3 million in venture funding to expand its product offerings for monetizing social games. The San Francisco company makes a platform...
Games as art
Art: “Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging symbolic elements in a way that influences and affects one or more of the...