This has been a very good year for video games, but it has been an exceptional year for books about video…
I’m a confirmed believer in the church of video games, a sect whose faith has been rewarded over the past decade, as…
Maybe video games are better without characters? Ian Bogost explores that idea over at The Atlantic and concludes that we should all join The Borg and play Sim games forever. Well okay, there's a little more nuance than that. Read more
"Victory and defeat are just lies told out of two sides of the same mouth. This is the Blue Shell of collapse, the Blue Shell of financial crisis, the Blue Shell of the New Gilded Age." That's game designer/academic Ian Bogost on the most hated and feared pick-up in the Mario Kart series. His essay at Gamasutra is a… Read more
In recent weeks, Facebook has been sending emails imploring me to complete a survey about how they might improve…
Industry luminary Ian Bogost demonstrates why I put the words "industry luminary" in front of his name, with this beautiful answer to a nagging Facebook survey question.
Ian Bogost has written this ironic-yet-thoughtful "Trio of Artisanal Game Reviews" about the meditative PC game Proteus.
Ian Bogost's appraisal of the Wii U looks at the new console and Nintendo's long, twisting history in shifting contexts.
Game designer Peter Molyneux is launching a series of video game experiments. The first one is called "Curiosity",…
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Tron: Legacy has been, at best, a critical disappointment. At worst, well, "a Dora the Explorer movie would be more…
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Where is art found in video games? Ian Bogost and a panel of experts tackled this question and more yesterday at The…