Scarlett Is Currently Dominating StarCraft, One Match At A Time
Earlier this week, Sasha “Scarlett” Hostyn made StarCraft history at IEM Pyeongchang 2018, defeating two-time world…
A Pizza Box Made Out Of Pizza, For When You Want Pizza In Your Pizza
Tired of watching customers waste cardboard and obviously bored out of his mind, Sean Berthiume of Vinnie’s Pizzeria in…
A Good Reason To Celebrate The Virtual Boy's 20th Anniversary
Nintendo’s first foray into 3D gaming was released in Japan on July 21, 1995. On this, the Virtual Boy’s 20th birthday,…
It's Much Easier to Play A Game When You Can Tell What The Buttons Do
Over the years, I've dabbled in a hefty number of video games. I'm pretty used to sitting down and picking up a new…
There's a Good Reason He's Not Looking Forward to the Next Console Generation
In today's mildly worrying Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Arok Lazarus is somewhat scared of the next generation of…
What Are The Best Innovations In Gaming? The Ones That Let Me Walk Away From the Game.
I play many more games now than I used to when I was younger. There are a bunch of reasons for that. One is money: I…
A Game Called Achron and the Theory That Games Would be Better With Time Travel
In the first mission of the upcoming computer game that Chris Hazard, PhD, has been trying to make since 1999, our…
The Best New Idea In Zombie Video Games Lurches Through Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
That moment I knew Resident Evil: Raccoon City could be a multiplayer game worth playing was when I turned the tables…
Super Monkey Ball Uses One Of The 3DS' Odder Features
The new Super Monkey Ball game for the Nintendo 3DS will let you unlock a character in the game if you walk around a…
Control A Video Game By Kissing Passionately
We sit here stunned, amazed and just a little bit skeptical that artist Hye Yeon Nam has found a way for people to…
Quake's Oddest Controller Is Made Of Mouse, Keyboard And Masking Tape
In 2006, before Kinect and maybe even before Wii, gamer Niel de la Rouviere decided to make a motion-controller for…
How To Kill A Super-Hero Using Foursquare
Foursquare could be more deadly than Kryptonite, according to the smartly-written — really! — 60th issue of the latest…
This Might Be The World's Most Dangerous Game
The instructions for the Wii-based game Akashi couldn't sound more dangerous: "Players are blindfolded and a sword is…
A New And Maybe Better Way To Stop People From Being Jerks Online
The people running the video game League of Legends knew they had a problem. They had the same problem that makes much…
Problem: We Don't Shoot Green Things Enough
Exploding red barrels are a video game cliché. The people making the video game Bulletstorm wanted exploding barrels in…
In 2011 One Video Game Will Add More Heroic Drunken Shooting To Our Culture
In the video game war against video game cannibals, as depicted in next month's Bulletstorm, extreme measures are…
The Rocking Chair Controller, The Buckets Of Water Controller
Students at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program weren't trying to make video games when they…
What If A Video Game Was Poetry?
Autumn leaves fall. A cup of coffee cools near a window in the winter. And Ian Bogost has done something risky. He's…
The Machiavellian Plot Hidden In A Blockbuster Video Game
Jeffrey Yohalem wanted the blockbuster video game he wrote this year to be different. He wanted Assassin's Creed:…