Best History Lesson of 2009: The Beatles: Rock Band
Activision laid down the opening riffs to the licensing rock-off, but Harmonix gave the encore. Rather than focusing on making a tribute, The Beatles:...
Crispy Gamer fries itself: staff fired, CEO quits in protest
Crispy Gamer, a game media company that raised $8.25 million, self-destructed today. The company’s board of directors fired all of the online game site’s...
OnLive gets a bad review from sneaky blogger, but it’s off the mark
OnLive, the ambitious games-on-demand service that is in beta testing now, went through a bit of a media tempest today, and for no really...
Bitmob Community Meet-Up: PAX East
Editor's note: Derek has volunteered to get the ball rolling on something many of you have been clamoring for: an East Coast meet-up! I'll...
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...