Reader Ben, knowing I have a very soft spot for the X-Wing miniatures game, sent this in yesterday. If you've played the game, you'll probably laugh your ass off. If you haven't played it, get on it. » 9/04/14 8:48pm 9/04/14 8:48pm

The X-Wing miniatures game is almost the perfect tabletop experience. At least if you like Star Wars and fun things. About the only thing that could make it better would be to start introducing more units based on video game starfighters and oh what's this? » 2/18/14 10:30pm 2/18/14 10:30pm

This is truly unbelievable: Lego has built a 1:1 scale model of the X-Wing fighter using an astounding 5,335,200 bricks! It's as big as the real thing, capable of fitting the real Luke Skywalker—and Porkins. » 5/23/13 11:13am 5/23/13 11:13am

Whether it's playing X-Wing or Tie Fighter, Super Star Wars or Jedi Knight, one of the defining experiences of the world's favourite fictional universe - including, you know, watching the movies - is defined by its sound effects. » 12/15/10 12:30am 12/15/10 12:30am

Amidst a slew of remakes and re-releases, LucasArts is preparing to announce a brand-new original title on this week's GameTrailers TV. » 9/09/09 1:30pm 9/09/09 1:30pm

TIE Fighter was released in 1994, a time in which serving as the instrument of an oppressive, corrupt government against insurgent forces didn't raise the kind of uncomfortable questions such a game would after Sept. 11, 2001. » 8/15/09 2:00pm 8/15/09 2:00pm

Virgil Griffith is a hacker. You might not know him by name, but you may well know him by deed, he's the guy behind WikiScanner, the tool that lets you find out who's been tinkering with Wikipedia entries. His background in exploiting security systems could see him labelled a hacker. He prefers the term "disruptive… » 11/24/08 4:00am 11/24/08 4:00am