Think: Train Your Brain

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

I needed to control Crysis 2 to appreciate it. Sitting next to the head of the studio making the game as he played…

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

A globe of fire temporarily replaced a portion of the blackness on the horizon. The fire shimmered close to where my…

Things are moving towards 3D nowadays. Sure, it's cool. But it's hard to shake the feeling that this isn't a…

How did I get to E3? How did I get a VIP pass? I don't even know. The idea was that I would walk up to E3 and,…

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

My current least favorite part of the modern video game is when it tells me to stop having fun for a few minutes so…

The most common email response I received to my previous column ("Japan: It's Not Funny Anymore") was a perplexed…

I've lived in Japan for a long time. When I first came here, I liked living here. Now, I don't. I haven't changed.…