A Simple Door

I've always been quite sensitive to certain types of friction. (I considered writing that sentence 10 different…

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…

My current least favorite part of the modern video game is when it tells me to stop having fun for a few minutes so…

Prahlad Jani claims he has lived without food or drink for the past 70 years, yet I can't spend two hours playing…

It is no secret that much of the world sees our beloved hobby as a nothing but juvenile, ultra-violent, and…

Somehow I went from discussing reviewing the neat little bean bag chairs Sumo provides to events like the recent…

The most common email response I received to my previous column ("Japan: It's Not Funny Anymore") was a perplexed…

Slim, sexy and packed with a library of games, the iPad is shaping up to be a powerful contender in the eyes and for…

I've lived in Japan for a long time. When I first came here, I liked living here. Now, I don't. I haven't changed.…