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For some reason, I decided to take a look at depictions of physical intimacy in four recently released games.

Chuck actor Zac Levi checks out the Nintendo booth at E3. Photo from Nintendo America's twitter feed.

One life to live? More like 20 Games to Play. This actor looks enthralled. Photo from Nintendo America's twitter feed

Steven Spielberg checking out the Nintendo booth. Photo from Nintendo America's twitter feed.

Seriously. These life sized Halo Reach statues are too realistic to tempt me to climb over the barrier. As snapped…

Even though guests are watching a game, not playing one, the World Cup viewing area is one of the most crowded…

What ever happened to the once-mighty SimCity franchise?

At the very impressionable age of four, my son loved Grand Theft Auto. This article is reprinted with the…

In games there are three basic ways we experience architecture: as game design, as a personalized space, or through…

I can't think of another game so destroyed by its dialogue as Splinter Cell: Conviction; not by bad lines alone…

Life is full of moral decisions to make, every minute of every day we are faced with choices that can affect the…

You're not welcome at this year's Games Convention Online. No, the former GamesCon, which runs from July 8 to July…

I have a couple topics to write about boiling around in my head, but this one seems to be the most timely…

Much like telling an erotic story within a Victorian backdrop seems ever so sexy, human depravity juxtaposed against…

At present, the word "tension" is almost exclusively considered negative.

As told to Kotaku on August 13, 2009. Just something to keep in mind as you check for updates about Sonic Colors.

Based upon part six of the Mimesis as Make-Believe serial.

Social games aren't new–they're just games you play with other people. Social games began about 5000 years ago.

Microsoft has a storied history of losing some of its biggest and most recognizable Xbox executives, the suits who…