Kate Cox's posts

(Caution: Portal 2 ending spoilers ahead!)

The game that lets you try your own hand at landing the next Mars rover may not be as cool as advertised, but the…

As it turns out, I was born to be a Dragon.

I'm not Kirk. I don't look a thing like him. I can't even play Kirk on TV. He's a jazz saxophonist. I'm a classical…

Cave exploration has been all the rage this summer. Well, virtual caves, at least. With deadly, deadly consequences.

QuakeCon 2012 is coming up in just a few days. It's a huge LAN party, featuring well-known speakers and panelists,…

Over the years, I've dabbled in a hefty number of video games. I'm pretty used to sitting down and picking up a new…

Since the year before I got married, it's become an annual ritual, an immutable part of my life. For one week every…

I have to admit: I love these custom game case covers. The idea strikes me as a brilliant one.

Wouldn't it be awesome to be Batman? I mean, without all of the angst, perhaps. And without the years of training.…

Generations of gamers who have not only the arcade but also years of computer, Nintendo, and PlayStation games in…

It's been a while now since I got to try out Guild Wars 2. I didn't have the chance to meet the Asura, ArenaNet's…

Ubisoft has caught a lot of flak from PC gamers over their uPlay system, online-authentication DRM that most…

As a kid, I was absolutely enamored of those books of "brain teasers" that had to be solved by drawing tables and…

It's almost like a Wheel of Fortune-style before-and-after. "Solid Snake in a box" + "a box full of kittens" =…

What little fame Manos: The Hands of Fate has, it has for exactly the wrong reasons. It is quite probably the worst…

Yes, games used to exist on a different learning curve than they do now. And sometimes, when we might backtrack to…

Much has been made of the fancy blade mode in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. It's all about Raiden and his…

Sure, it's fairly cheap and easy to make yourself a Portal-themed mirror with some paint and a quick trip to IKEA.…

When you talk about MMORPGs in the United States, most minds jump to World of Warcraft. And yes, with subscriber…