Maggie Greene's posts

Figuring if you can't ban them, you might as well make money off of them, the Mainland Chinese government has…

A few months ago, Chris Plante had a thought provoking suggestion for the gaming industry: what we need is more…

And you thought you played games to have fun — Steven Poole has a lengthy essay trying to prove you wrong. We're…

Telltale Games has been churning out the episodes of their Sam & Max and Strong Bad series; GameSetWatch talked to…

Gamasutra has a nice interview up with Peter Molyneux on the topic of Fable II and the process of putting a game…

Danc of Lost Garden is back with another prototyping challenge; game designer I am not, but I love these things —…

There's an interesting essay over at the Vorpal Bunny Ranch (a blog worth visiting for the name alone) on the issue…

L.B. Jeffries has a nice piece up arguing for more relevant and provocative settings in games in order to raise…

Kotakuite Daniel Novais sent me an email this past week, asking me to take a look at his "little short artsy game"…

Michael Abbott of the Brainy Gamer has a nice reminder of why we play RPGs (well, those of us who play RPGs), based…

Rock, Paper, Shotgun has published a developers diary from senior game designer Bruce Harlick, one of the minds…

Ian Bogost has a timely piece up on the issue of political-themed games, and their use — or lack thereof. Bogost…

I've been watching the movements of Beijing Perfect World with some interest; in comparison to some of the up and…

The latest issue of the Escapist deals with god games, most of which are quite grand in scale. John Carr, however,…

November 15th is National Gaming Day at your local library (apparently); they're billing it as " the largest,…

This is a fun little remake (more or less) of the puzzle mode of Tetris Attack; you have a limited number of moves…

Have a dog that embarrasses easily? Still looking for a way to humiliate them this Halloween? This Katamari Damacy…

Leigh Alexander has a nice piece up on what she calls the "dysfunctional family circle of game industry, game…

And you thought MapleStory was all fun and games. A Japanese woman has found herself in jail, potentially facing…

I had an interesting discussion this week on the topic of microtransaction models, East-West interaction, and the…