The makers of El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron don't clutter their game with health bars and point-counters.* They don't put anything in the way of the beautiful game they're creating, one of the head-turners at PAX East in Boston this past weekend. Read… 3/14/11 5:00pm 3/14/11 5:00pm

How many buildings on Mars can you destroy in a minute? What if you were armed with a gun that shoots black holes and another that causes the first thing you shoot to fly into the second thing you shoot? Read… 3/13/11 7:00pm 3/13/11 7:00pm

This man is playing Dance Central, a dancing video game for the Xbox 360's Kinect sensor. He's at Boston's PAX East gaming convention. He is dancing to Bell Biv Devoe's Poison, a song that taught children of the 90s never to trust a big butt and a smile. Read… 3/12/11 6:46pm 3/12/11 6:46pm

Here's Shift 2: Unleashed being played at PAX East on three extremely large television screens, shot by our man there, Stephen Totilo. Read… 3/12/11 5:00pm 3/12/11 5:00pm

I keep asking people who I run into at PAX East to tell me which games I should check out. Thank you, to whoever told me to try Warp. I think it was Eka, hype man extraordinaire for Monday Night Combat. I'm glad I went. Warp lets you be an alien who can warp through doors, into exploding barrels or into scientists… Discuss… 3/12/11 1:30pm 3/12/11 1:30pm

Child of Eden, spiritual successor to Dreamcast classic Rez is the most colorful, trippy Xbox 360 Kinect game I've ever seen. It'll be out on June 14. Coming to PS3 too. Here it is, played live, at PAX East. Discuss… 3/11/11 5:00pm 3/11/11 5:00pm

BioWare kicks off PAX East with the brand-new Fate of the Galaxy trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic. Prepare to set your prejudice to maximum, meatbags! Discuss… 3/11/11 2:36pm 3/11/11 2:36pm