Amir Hekmati, U.S. born one-time game developer jailed in Iran since 2011 for allegedly engaging in espionage for the CIA, has been given a 10-year prison termfollowing a secret retrial which took place in December. He had originally been sentenced to death, a ruling overturned in 2012.

This Week In The Business: The Navy SEALs Of Game Development

QUOTE | “We’re looking at it as kind of the Navy SEALs of game development training.” – Veteran game designer and director Warren Spector, talking about the new academic program he’s creating at the University of Texas in Austin Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “It’s a good…

Let’s Watch The Walking Dead‘s Carl Play League Of Legends

Having spent four seasons watching the once bright-eyed son of Rick Grimes harden under the weight of the zombie apocalypse, seeing actor Chandler Riggs clicking away on a mouse in the lower right corner of a League of Legends stream on Twitch is just surreal. Reader Chase pointed us to the Twitch channel for Chandler…

50 Frustrating Moments Everyone Experiences While Playing Games

Escort missions. Not being able to pause when you need to. Never having a line piece appear in Tetris. There are a ton of little aggravating things anyone who games will experience, many of which BuzzFeedPop compiles into one montage. Which of these is the worst, in your opinion? Or do you have any frustrating…

Rock Band Cranks Out The Tetris Theme While Standing Atop A Building

I’ve gotten flak in the past for being overly glib with my use of the word “shred,” but I’d say there’s enough finger-tapping and cello-sawing going on in this video to qualify. This performance comes to us from Critical Hit, a rock band of all-star YouTubers headed up by violinist Taylor Davis, whose work we’ve…

Even Boring Chores Look Good In This Beautiful MMO

We’ve seen the character creation system, as well as some of the combat featured in Black Desert, a stunning-looking Korean MMO. But the game also features stuff you can do during your downtime—and it looks like the developers are putting care into small details. You can milk a cow. You can fish. You can trade.…