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

A faithful companion. A star in the making. Adoration, rejection, and finally, a triumphant return.

The largest game publisher in the world managed to end April on a high note despite two months of bad press,…

A galpal and I are discussing video games over cocktails at a bar. Well, kind of. She's trying to tell me why she…

Can video games have a Western canon?

Tell an actor to play the part of a butcher and what you see on screen will be a butcher, chopping slabs of meat as…

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

Traditionally, historically, video games and religion don't mix.

Gaming for Apple is an estimated half a billion dollar industry, but the company behind the iPhone, iPod Touch and…

In Jason Rohrer there's a fascinating schism between the tone of the work and that of the designer.

I just got an arcade in my basement. It's two floors of rooms, some themed to my favorite game makers, others made…

This is how you make friends and influence people in the Information Age (as a writer, anyway):

Last week San Francisco transformed, turning into something like the Hollywood Canteen, but for gamers.

I shamelessly invaded your Xbox Dashboard last week – and now that my thumb fatigue has expired, I'm here to tell…

Sometimes, one gamer's flaw is another's feature. Even the highest-rated games aren't always perfect – but what…

We can't all be rock stars. Or can we? Why can't we all be rock stars? Who says we can't all be rock stars?

Gamers need Valentine's Day gifts. If you plan to buy a February 14th present for a gamer - or are a gamer and need…

About three years ago, one of the most notorious online message board communities decided to create an unusual video…

You press a button; a character on the television screen jumps. You press the same button again, while the on-screen…

Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fats Domino, James Brown – Denver's historic Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom has seen…