The Guns Of Our Forefathers
When you think of guns in video games, you think of assault rifles, plasma rifles, rocket launchers or machine guns.…
So Long, Gun Week
I know what you're thinking. It's Friday. Gun Week must be over, right? Or do we have one more post in the barrel,…
The Cases Of The Missing Bullets
If a video game contains guns, does it also contain bullets? Not necessarily. Well, not necessarily — get this —…
Gunfusion: Meet the Heavy
Meet the Heavy and ignore, for a minute his massive weight loss instead listening to his monologue about his gun, his…
This Only Works In John Woo Movies
If I learned anything from Unreal Tournament, it's that two automatic pistols are better than one, and holding them…
Miniguns In The Desert: How Video Game Guns Are Made
In many genres, the gun is the point where the gamer meets the game, making it the single most important element in a…
Gunfusion: The Doom Rickroll
Sometimes, the obsession with guns in video games gets ridiculous. So we're celebrating acts of "gunfusion." Here we…
Our Video Game Gun Rack
So many games, so many guns. Most are good, but some have to be the best, and it's only the best that we've decided to…
The Man Who Invented Home Video Games Knew His Guns
The man who invented home video games may have known more about real guns than any other game creator in history. But,…
With This Gun, Your First-Person Shooters Can Surround You
In Dallas, last month, I spotted a big inflatable igloo. It had been erected by a company called Microvision on the…
Out Of Ammo: Our Favorite Shooter Melee Weapons
Whether you're seriously low on ammo or just want to make someone's life completely miserable, there's nothing quite…
Gunfusion: The Force Feedback, Pistol-Gripped, 3D Mouse Controller
Somewhere between a light gun and a 3D mouse things went sideways over at peripheral maker Novint's laboratories. The…
In Search Of The First Video Game Gun
What was the first video game gun? There are three ways to try to answer that question.
Getting Shot: A 103-Second Retrospective
What's it look like to get shot in a video game? The portrait of pain has been changing over the years. We took a…
Gunfusion: More Info Than We Need To Know, Boss
Sometimes, the obsession with guns in video games gets ridiculous. So we're celebrating acts of "gunfusion." The…
Building The Perfect Kill House With Video Games
Armed with M-4 automatic rifles, swathed in body armor and combat fatigues, the five man U.S. Special Forces Airborne…
The Video Game Ad Too Violent For Print?
As mentioned in our recent History of Headshots article, the 2000 video game Soldier of Fortune was a pioneer — a…
"That's Not The Way You Play the Game"
Long before there were video games about people shooting one another in war, there were wars with people shooting one…
A Fistful of Zombies: Gunplay in Dead Rising 2: Case 0
A lot of people loved killing zombies in the original Dead Rising. But almost just as many hated using guns to do so.…
What Do Game Developers Know About Real Guns?
In game after game, there they are: guns. Weapons are a common trope. They are a catalyst for action and an instrument…