Blockbusters

Video games as cinematic blockbusters? Sure. Video games as texts? I've heard that one too.

What do you want out of a video game? What should you hold against a video game, and what should you let slide?

On Monday night I attended a Modern Warfare 3 launch party at a national video game retailer. I was particularly…

Japan may not be the birthplace of video games, but it is the heart of video game culture.

One of the surprise hits of 2010, Monday Night Combat is getting a sequel that its creators don't exactly call a…

I haven't held a Wii U in more than a month. I hadn't even watched videos of myself playing it. But I just watched a…

Time for another "before they were famous" here on Total Recall. Last time we looked at Bungie, creators of the Halo…

Prediction! There will be a lot of shooters (first-person and third-person) at E3 next week.

Every year experts from the fine art world and the interactive entertainment industry bestow upon video game…

E3 is a den of promises. Promises sell products. And according to the cynics of the world, promises are meant to be…