Outspark raises $8.3 million for casual online role-playing games
Showing that the game sector is still vibrant for venture investment, Outspark has raised $8.3 million in a third round of funding for its...
Retro First-Person Shooters: Nazis, Mazes, and a Giantess (Wolfenstein 3D XBLA Review)
Attention, Halo and Call of Duty fans: Drop your controllers and pay your respects to the game that started it all (at least in...
Playing Along at Home – Mobcast #11
By now a lot of you have listened to the latest Mobcast (apologies on the up-and-down sound quality — we’re working on it!). It’s...
Old-School Gaming Awesomeness in 5 Seconds or Less
We’re pretty impatient that we…ah, screw that sentence. It was taking way too long to write. This one is shorter. Ditto. So that’s why...
Daily Blips: Modern Warfare 2 Special Edition, BioShock 2 Delayed, Club Nintendo Collectibles, and More
Special editions are pretty cool, we’ll admit. But we think game companies should also provide sucky editions, too — broken boxes, buggy games, limited...
Why are Videogame Sequels better than Movie Sequels?
Editor’s Note: I generally agree with Trevor that game sequels are better than movie sequels…though I think you’ll find plenty of quickie cash-ins in...
Dealing with the Consequences
Editor’s Note: Matthew Erazo gives some developers some food for thought. Great idea? Or will it usher in a new era of $!%^@* thrown...
Between Scripting and Silence: A Question of Immersion in Videogames
Editor's note: This one's from the vault; a post we should've caught when it went up a week ago. Omar makes the argument that silent...
The Face of Gaming Needs a Makeover
Editor’s note: Derek may be preaching to the choir here, but I love his plan to legitimize gaming to non-gamers (you’ll find it after...
Eight virtual goods companies, including Facebook, raised $237 M in second quarter
Eight virtual goods companies raised $237 million from investors in the second quarter, Engage Digital announced today. Game companies are adopting virtual goods models...