Critical Strike

As competent and appealing-looking as Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is, I have some reservations about it. At what…

This weekend I had the good fortune to attend NYU Practice, a fantastic in-depth conference on game design. I was…

Even though Zelda has killing and even Mario has head-stomping, when you think about it, nearly all of Nintendo’s…

PC gamers that didn't enjoy The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings as much as I did should check back in on Thursday,…

I don't tend to truly miss many video game studios. Businesses come and go, their developers move on, make new…

Age of Empires Online is a fantastically fun strategy game. I've been playing it off and on since before its release…

There's no mistaking it. Dark Souls is as much a Demon's Souls sequel as we're ever going to get, at least any time…

I've taken head butts and held on through jaw-cracking, brain-rattling missiles; I've fought against runners and…

Today, publisher Activision put the Guitar Hero franchise on hold. Maybe forever. For a series that once threatened…

How would Tim write a Super Mario novel? Who is the David Mamet of video games? Why are gamers so inarticulate? What…