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

No, it's not bad, like you expected it to be.

Almost two millennia before the rest of humanity entered the industrial age, the Greek inventor Hero invented the…

THE FORERUNNER STORY-the history of my people-has been told many times, with greater and greater idealization,…

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

Slowly but surely, we are finishing up another trip around the sun. With next Friday seeing Christmas eve, this was…

Best Video Games Of The Year lists are good for fomenting argument. But maybe they can also give an overlooked game…

Plastic rifle stock tucked into my shoulder, Killzone 3 suddenly feels like a much more active game, a shooter I…

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

Author Greg Bear isn't just a one-time Kotaku guest columnist and a prize-winning science fiction author. He's also…