Knives are dangerous, there's no doubt about it. If a person with a knife gets close enough to you, he can really mess your stuff up. » 7/12/12 4:30pm 7/12/12 4:30pm

Over at Grantland, the occasionally notorious but always thoughtful writer Tom Bissell has weighed in on The Witcher 2. He is… not impressed. In fact, after 6 hours with the game, he decided he'd seen enough. » 5/02/12 8:30pm 5/02/12 8:30pm

It can be a challenge to buy a gift for your brainy, science-obsessed friend. What kind of games might he or she like? The science brains among us can be so intimidating, partly because it's always scary buying things for smart people, but partly because who knows what those science people even like? Do they want… » 12/06/11 8:30pm 12/06/11 8:30pm

Jennifer Hale, celebrated voice actor for the female version of Mass Effect lead Commander Shepard doesn't play video games. Writer Tom Bissell, who profiled Hale in this week's New Yorker magazine does and cajoled her to play Mass Effect 2 with him, just for a bit. » 8/09/11 9:00pm 8/09/11 9:00pm

Is L.A. Noire—despite its running, gunning and vehicular cruising—essentially an elaboration on the point-and-click adventure game? Some critics and commenators have suggested that the title has more in common with Monkey Island than Grand Theft Auto IV, with the crucial difference being that L.A. Noire (unlike the… » 6/03/11 8:00pm 6/03/11 8:00pm

What would you expect to be paid to write a video game script? $100,000? Maybe you'd get that a few years ago, but the rate is now more between $10,000 to $20,000, writes The New York Observer. » 11/18/10 1:00am 11/18/10 1:00am

Shadow-possessed people are not the only unrealistic elements of celebrated Xbox 360 game Alan Wake. » 7/30/10 12:00pm 7/30/10 12:00pm