The Crafting Dead

Techland's Dead Island reminds me of a recurring nightmare, an unsettling dream of helplessness in which my body…

What's black and white and red all over and it'll stretch a bloody smile across the face of any hack-and-slash…

Fun Raiser | The van is unpacked. The stage set. Let's party. (Photo: Brian Crecente)

Some time ago, game designer Ken Levine commented wryly about the shallow pool from which video game creators get…

The creators of the upcoming video game that pits United States law enforcement agents against a Mexican drug cartel…

There is blood on the wall, a smear that drags down to the floor, bits of hair swaying gently in the breeze. It's…

Because I tried to please everyone, my Commander Shepard didn't get laid the first time I played Mass Effect 2.…

I had many fond memories playing my way through 2010, but none were as fond as these.

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

Autumn leaves fall. A cup of coffee cools near a window in the winter. And Ian Bogost has done something risky. He's…