Tom Bissell is the author of my favorite book on video games, Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter, which I called “th…
I'm no lawyer, but I've watched enough TV to think I know how to coach a witness. Mostly, shut up. Answer the…
Knives are dangerous, there's no doubt about it. If a person with a knife gets close enough to you, he can really…
Over at Grantland, the occasionally notorious but always thoughtful writer Tom Bissell has weighed in on The Witcher…
It can be a challenge to buy a gift for your brainy, science-obsessed friend. What kind of games might he or she…
Editor's Note: What follows is an open letter from author Tom Bissell regarding the response to a joke he made in…
He said he meant it as a joke. Just a silly line. But when critic Tom Bissell wrote that adult women probably…
Jennifer Hale, celebrated voice actor for the female version of Mass Effect lead Commander Shepard doesn't play…

I recently asked writer Tom Bissell whether voice actors might ever become celebrities in the video game world. I…
Is L.A. Noire—despite its running, gunning and vehicular cruising—essentially an elaboration on the point-and-click…
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…
Shadow-possessed people are not the only unrealistic elements of celebrated Xbox 360 game Alan Wake.
Tom Bissell was a productive, healthy, and somewhat disciplined young award-winning author, before his passion for…