Evidently, removing scary scary violent video games from arcades is a trend now. So reports the Associated Press which, quite typically, can't be bothered to name any of the video games involved. » 1/26/13 11:00am 1/26/13 11:00am

There are many things I expect to see in a panel called "East Meets West, Art Direction for a Worldwide Audience." I expected to hear Isamu Kamikokuryo, the art director for Final Fantasy XIII-2 discuss how Japanese artists focus on creating new worlds, Norse mythology and its influence on the game, and drawing… » 10/20/11 4:00pm 10/20/11 4:00pm

Anders Behring Breivik was a likable loner, a seemingly harmless Norwegian who masked his sudden disappearance from society to prepare for the biggest single-handed massacre in recent history with a modern affliction: Video game addiction. » 7/25/11 12:00pm 7/25/11 12:00pm

This morning the U.S. Supreme Court put to rest, perhaps finally, the debate over not only whether video games are protected speech, but whether they are art. » 6/27/11 6:00pm 6/27/11 6:00pm

I've finished Duke Nukem Forever. There are a lot of things wrong with it, which I'll get to next week in my review. One thing I want to talk about today, though, has as much to do with the game as it has the game's publishers. » 6/17/11 7:00am 6/17/11 7:00am

Video gamers across the country are anxiously awaiting November 2 when the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case close to our hearts. » 10/19/10 12:00pm 10/19/10 12:00pm

First off, I am an active duty Air Force member. » 9/03/10 10:40am 9/03/10 10:40am

It's amazing, even years after getting out of the Army, how much it colors your everyday life. » 9/03/10 10:00am 9/03/10 10:00am

To be a gamer in the 80s and early 90s required a special kind of perseverance, especially if you were a computer owner. » 5/18/10 2:00pm 5/18/10 2:00pm

As a 25-year player of Laser Tag and a manager of the busiest Laser Tag arena on the planet, I took some exception to the idea that Laser Tag is obsolete as entertainment because it's not convenient. » 5/15/10 2:00pm 5/15/10 2:00pm

Roger Ebert's recent comments about video games and their potential as art, and especially the immense stir the comments caused on discussion forums all over the internet, shows the intrinsic interest in the question of whether video games are art. » 4/29/10 2:00pm 4/29/10 2:00pm

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At the CES show in Las Vegas in January, I was debating Craig Gross, a pastor at the XXX Church, about the merits of porn. » 2/09/10 2:00pm 2/09/10 2:00pm

Composer, bandleader, jazz instructor, gamer and writer Kirk Hamilton takes a little time out of his busy day to walk us through an "undiscovered" BioWare pitch for a never-announced role-playing game. » 2/03/10 10:00am 2/03/10 10:00am

Artist, writer, game designer; the biggest feather in Brenda Brathwaite's cap, in my book, is that she had a hand in creating some of the Wizardry games. » 1/13/10 10:00am 1/13/10 10:00am

Almost ten years ago, I was on the grass at Clement Park adjacent Columbine High School covering what would become the world's most iconic school shooting. » 3/20/09 11:00am 3/20/09 11:00am