Half-Life 2 Classic

In 1985 Jordan Mechner was a student at Yale riding high on a mix of euphoria over the surprise success of his first…

You're lying on your deathbed. Family members of the closest kind test the capacity limit of the hospital room, and…

OK, I admit it: I am as cynical as you when it comes to half-suspecting that enormously ambitious, fanbase-courting…

Hats and Square Heads -A view inside Tristan's closet today revealed that he likes fancy hats and video game…

The original 2007 Crysis has a benchmark-y quality to it. It is no longer the Best-Looking PC Game In The World, but…

Gears of War has always felt as though it was built with metaphor in mind. The slam of a clip locking into place;…

The next Counter-Strike, the one coming out early next year called Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, won't be called …

Confession: I wasn't all that excited about the E3 announcement of Halo: Anniversary. I think it was some…

Earlier this year, games journalist-about-town (and Kotaku columnist) Leigh Alexander and I did a little…

I first played Starsiege: Tribes at the 1998 E3 Expo in Atlanta, Georgia. A relative newcomer to the multiplayer…