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The New York Times Offers Two Round-Ups, But Doesn't Name a Game of the Year (Yet)

Evan Narcisse — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST

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The end of 2011 brings with it an implicit deadline for those inescapable year-end wrap-ups. Yet, the Paper of Record doesn't really pony up a traditional countdown-to-the-best list. More »

For Just $67,000, These Guys Will Make a Custom Video Game About Your Life

Kirk Hamilton — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:30:00 EST

Oftentimes it feels as though my life has video game-like qualities. Mind you, it wouldn't be a very interesting game, but I'd love to see my commute to the burrito shop or my time spent at a desk writing... about video games... rendered into a custom video game. Actually that might be a bit too meta, even for me. More »

A Candid Look Inside the Weird and Wonderful Minds Behind Dwarf Fortress

Mike Fahey — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:20:00 EDT

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In a small two-bedroom apartment 20 in a strip mall of a town outside of Seattle, two brothers are hard at work crafting one of the most complex, convoluted, and difficult games ever created. Sometimes they code ASCII graphics. Other times they break out the crayons. More »

Balance the Budget The Game, Now With More Defense Cuts and Health Care Reform

Brian Crecente — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:30:00 EST

With the United States' budget projected to hit a $418 billion shortfall by 2015 and a $1.3 trillion shortfall by 2030, the New York Times knows something has to be done. So they made a game. More »

Could Apple's Tablet Use Natal-Like Technology?

Brian Crecente — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:00:00 EST

The most intriguing thing about Apple's rumored tablet isn't its form factor or potential to reinvigorate print media, it's the one piece of information no one seems to know: How will we interact with it. More »

It's Bad When The New Yorker Trolls You Over a Game

Owen Good — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:30:00 EDT

This actually ran a month ago, but, forgive me, my subscription lapsed, for a lack of houseguests to impress with my reading material. (I also canceled my subscription to "Large Penis-Havers' Quarterly" since I haven't gone on a date lately.) More »

New York Times Profiles Guitar Hero Wünderkind

Owen Good — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:00:00 EDT

Chris Chike, whose 100 percent effort on "Through the Fire and the Flames" back in June earned him celebrity status and consultant to peripherals-maker Ant Commandos, is profiled in today's New York Times. More »

The New York Times Analyzes the (Bitter) Core

Owen Good — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EDT

We've chewed this topic to death, but it's always interesting to know how others see you. And The New York Times' Seth Schiesel comes up with a rather solid analogy to describe the backlash to the parade of dross we saw in Nintendo's E3 presser (and, to a lesser extent, others.) More »

MGS4 (and Leigh!) in the New York Times

Maggie Greene — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:30:00 EDT

The New York Times tackles MGS 4 in brief — discussing both the story ('What does it mean?') and people's reactions to the game, including a couple of choice quotes from our very own Leigh Alexander. Several other game writers weigh in on MGS 4's story and execution: More »

Nintendo: Full DS Games Not Coming to Wii After All

Brian Crecente — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:43:04 EST

Wow, it hasn't been a good week for the New York Times. More »

New York Times' Back-Handed Games of the Year

Brian Crecente — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:00:53 EST

When the New York Times' Seth Schiesel delivered this year's video game awards in the paper, they arrived on the back of his hand. While some of the awards, like best newcomer for BioShock and Best Adaptation of an Adored Intellectual Property for The Lord of the Rings Online, are pretty straight forward and complimentary, most of them come with more than a little slap down. More »

New York Times Doesn't Know From Video Games

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:40:41 EST

It's nice to feel smug and superior when comparing one's knowledge to that of New York Times reporters. Unfortunately, it's only for the geekiest of reasons, as we're feeling quite high and mighty taking comfort in the knowledge that our understanding of video games and console technology far outweighs that of the Times. More »

Can Print Gaming Media Survive? Maybe.

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:20:42 EST

With online video game news coming from powerhouses like IGN, 1UP and Gamespot, can old fashioned glossy print media survive? How can once-monthly publications compete with up to the minute news sources, say, for instance Kotaku, and established gaming media updating throughout the day? That's the focus of the New York Times look at print publishers Ziff Davis Media and Future US, both of whom publish not only on paper, but online as well. More »

Does Brain Age Actually Work? No, Apparently.

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:00:49 EST

Last year was all about the Brain Age. That title took Japan by storm and drove DS sales in the region. Consumers wanted to exercise their brains. Math problems and saying the word "blue" seemed like the answer. Or is it? An opinion piece over in The New York Times points out that those types of games are "inspired by science" and not actually proven by it. Brain Age and the like train users to be go at very specific tasks. Instead, brain power is actually improved by exercise. From the article: More »

Iraq Vet Writes Of His Return Home, Return To Gaming

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:20:00 EDT

The New York Times has been running a series of opinion pieces under the "Home Fires" banner, in which U.S. military veterans of the Iraq War write of returning to their lives after serving overseas. While some lean toward the intense, including contributions from a soldier blinded in a roadside bomb attack and one from a vet who responded to a bloody police station bombing, the most recent from former Marine Jeffrey D. Barnett writes simply of his love of gaming. It's not filled with earth-shattering revelations or the unique insight that only a Marine hardened by battle can provide, it's simply a thoughtful, down to earth op-ed from a rational gamer, one who just happens to be a foreign war vet. More »

The New York Times Gets Into the Game Publishing Act

Maggie Greene — Sat, 26 May 2007 11:47:55 EDT

The NYT and Persuasive Games have a new relationship, and Times Select subscribers can now get access to 'newsgames' via NYT's editorial pages. While several newsgames have been getting press in recent months, this marks a first for newsgames really going mainstream. The first game published is called "Food Import Folly," with obvious ties to the current tainted imported Chinese goods headlines. More »

Sony: Wii "Impulse Buy", NYT: It Radiates Fun!

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:20:08 EST

The New York Times is reporting that the Nintendo Wii has "upset the order of the video game world" leading them to claim that the only console seaworthy of navigating the Blue Ocean is leading the PLAYSTATION 3 in buzz and sales. Even moms love it! More »

NYT Picks 360 As "The Superior Machine"

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:40:33 EST

For now, Microsoft! Don't get too cocky. It's no secret that the New York Times is not a huge fan of Sony's monolith of a console, the PlayStation 3, but the NYT is breaking it down for the vacillating console crowd why they should pick up an Xbox 360 this holiday season. More »

The New York Times Hates PS3, Too

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:00:00 EST

While Sony fanboys and eBay scalpers are in L-U-V-love with their shiny piano black PlayStation 3's, it seems the New York Times just isn't feelin' it. More »

New York Times Claims Will Wright To Be Our Da Vinci

kotaku.com — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:40:14 EDT

This New York Times piece on Spore starts out well enough: a more fascinating than plausible theory that our generation will be known for the "long zoom" shot: a gradual pull back from micro to macro and back again which, according to writer Steven Johnson, will define us as fixed perspective defined the Renaissance. Fine, fine, whatever. More »

NYT on Agenda Gaming

Brian Crecente — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:35:51 EDT

I admit it, I have a bit of a man-crush on Clive Thompson. But who wouldn't? He gets to write about video games for the likes of Wired Magazine and the Grey Lady and also churns out thoughtful introspective gaming pieces on his personal blog. He's like the Lester Bangs of video gaming. More »

PC Gaming Finally Hits Mainstream, Says New York Times

egauger — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:20:34 EDT

Or alternately, "New York Times Finally Hits 21st Century". More »

New York Times on The Sims

brownlee — Mon, 08 May 2006 13:20:28 EDT

Ever been in one of those conversations where the person you're talking to mentions that they enjoy bicycling? Sensing a connection, you immediately start talking about your ten-speed. But your conversational partner only sneers at you with contempt, then lifts up a calf with a muscular buttock firmly imprinted into the back and confidently announces he or she just won the Tour de France. More »

LucasArts Developing Darth Vader Game

Brian Crecente — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:06:40 EDT

The New York Times looks at the LucasArts revival in a technology story that ran today. Laura M. Holson writes that George Lucas decided in 2004 to reinvigorate their ailing game development arm and strive to make that branch one of the top five game developers in the world. More »

Solo Gaming Returns

Brian Crecente — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:00:13 EST

Seth Schiesel takes a look at The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and how it trumpets the return, if even just briefly, of thoroughly enjoyable and totally immersive single-player gaming in his latest piece for the New York Times. More »

Mainstream Media React to PS3 Delay

Brian Crecente — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:58:10 EST

Some of the big papers around the country (and the AP) ran interesting reaction stories to the Playstation 3 delay today. More »

The Warriors Come Out to Play

Brian Crecente — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:00:38 EDT

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The Warriors hit the streets today and The New York Times has an interview with the brothers behind Rockstar to talk about it. The Houser brothers describe the game's brawls as Double Dragon with more power and tout the game's ability to have mass rumbles that you can interact with. For Seth Schiesel's part, he seems impressed, saying that the game manages to be both simple to pick up and deep enough to keep you around playing. The story goes on to touch on the brother's background, how they came to found Rockstar and why they are so good at turning American culture into gaming mayhem. More »