Escape the Loop

Consoles. Handhelds. Who needs them?!

For the sixth year in a row, I have tallied the number of video games I played in the last year. For the sixth year…

We've done a lot of big-budget games so far in our Best Video Game Music of 2011 series, but there were some great…

Portal isn't just about science. It can also be about art, depending on how you look at it. And that's exactly how…

The promise of the sweet and sour Method Man video comes to chewy fruition this spring as Capcom picks up publishing…

A recent study conducted by researchers at Michigan State University found that the more time middle school…

Spring is right around the corner, a time when the sun is shining, the flowers blooming, and the undead hordes are…

Is Super Mario Bros. 2 bad? Was the Sonic series ever good? Who is the Ben Kingsley of video games? What does that…

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

[This essay was given as a talk at SUNY Buffalo, 28 January 2010, the day after Howard Zinn's death. I have left…