On Monday, Kotaku ran Eric Zimmerman's Manifesto for a Ludic Century, a treatise on the importance of games as a…
Previous centuries have been defined by novels and cinema. In a bold manifesto we're proud to debut here on Kotaku,…
You can now watch the "Hotheaded Developers Rant Back" panel from the Game Developers Conference. Panelists like Eric Zimmerman, Anna Anthropy, Kellee Santiago, Anna Marsh, Naomi Clark and Mitu Khandaker all talked frankly and often rousingly about issues ranging from poor planning to crunch time to racial and gender… Read more
During my first 25 years playing video games I had no theory about what makes a video game good. I knew the good…
Yesterday, we ran a pullquote from independent game designer Eric Zimmerman in which he discussed some of the…
Video games are very popular. So is porn. If you ask game designer, Metagame co-creator and NYU Game Center founder…
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About a month ago, I wrote the following post about "The Metagame," a fun card game dedicated to fostering debate…

For a relaxing time, sit back and watch this terrific PBS short documentary on the artistic merits of video games.…
An Earthquake hit Virginia today, and we felt tremors all up and down the east coast. Instead of seeking shelter or…