Death Wish

Looking back on this week's SimCity launch debacle, it isn't just remarkable that the game's servers failed, it's…

When I traded correspondence with writer David Brothers last week, I made the argument that video games needs its…

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Insomniac's upcoming third-person shooter Fuse is a game built around switching: in its history, its design, and its…

Don't let the wallpaper fool you. Underneath every game is an endless matrix of numbers that rule each and every…

These might be the most important words in comics: "Hey, have you read that?" The medium's lifeblood has always…

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Last week, as you might recall, I promised to play Fire Emblem: Awakening with permadeath on. I also promised to…

Before diving into an extended hands-on session with Naughty Dog's The Last of Us, creative director Neil Druckmann…

There is a story my friend Daphny likes to tell. She calls it one of the worst experiences of her life. It involves…