Return Alive

I've spent the last week playing Call of Duty: Black Ops II's multiplayer; arguably the real reason many will…

History often seems lightyears away, doesn't it? Even game franchises like Civilization-where you zip from ancient…

My favorite videogames are the games I don't fully understand. They stay with me after I stop playing. They ask…

Dance Central 3 isn't just the superior choreography experience gamers can get this year. It's also a video game…

Sword Art Online is an anime based on a series of light novels which has just hit the midway point of its TV run.…

I've lost video game troops before. I've sent virtual men bravely to their digital deaths. In StarCraft, in Company…

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Hatsune Miku is more than a little big in Japan. She appears on billboards, in TV commercials, and gives sold-out…

Oh, Sleeping Dogs. Thank you for rescuing me from this slow, slow summer.

My copy of Mass Effect 3, well-loved and much-played, is on PC. As I look right now, Origin hasn't updated with the…