Evan Narcisse

If you need help and if you can find him, Evan Narcisse is a professional nerd-for-hire. After an awkward adolescence, he’s gone on to write about video games, comic books and pop culture for Essence, AOL, the Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly and Crispy Gamer. Beyond Good & Evil is one of his favorite games ever and he listens to the soundtrack from REZ just about once a week.

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First Steps: Impressions of the ‘Journey’ Multiplayer Beta

Journey may be simultaneously the simplest and trickiest game to describe in quite some time. There’s been a veil of secrecy around the upcoming PSN exclusive for months now, with eager fans only getting the vaguest hints about the multiplayer game from dev studio thatgamecompany. But the makers of artsy cult hit Flower launched a [...]

Call of Duty XP 2011: Activision Announces Its First-Ever FPS Fan Fest

From book clubs to cat lovers to germaphobes, you’ve got online communities for just about everything. And, occasionally, they’ll do meet-ups, so that everyone can put faces and real names to the people who share their passions. Someone will say,  "Hey, I like sticking tweezers into surge protectors, too!" And someone else will ask, "What [...]

Video Games’ First-Ever Grammy Winner Talks About ‘Civilization’ and Music

Thanks to Tears for Fears, we know that everybody wants to rule the world. And the long-running Civilization strategy game franchise lets you do exactly that. But what good is global domination without a great soundtrack?

Supreme Court: ‘Video Games Qualify for First Amendment Protection’

In a 7-2 decision with an opinion written by Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court effectively declared on Monday (PDF file) that video games can be afforded the same constitutional protections as visual art, film, music and other forms of expression.

Free to Be You and Me: Valve’s ‘Team Fortress 2′ Goes Gratis

Valve’s got a good thing going on two important fronts.

Deathmatch: ‘Battlefield 3′ vs. ‘Modern Warfare 3′

Video game grudge matches rarely come this perfectly designed.

Emotion Control: ‘Child of Eden’ Review

I’ll be honest with you, Techland readers: I haven’t played a Kinect game in months. Yes, motion-control titles have continued to roll out since the blockbuster launch of Microsoft’s skeletal-tracking camera but none of them, to me, offered anything to get excited about. And, yes, I mean you, Kung Fu Panda 2 and Carnival Games [...]

Talking Past, Present and ‘Halo 4′ with 343 Industries’ Frank O’Connor

Master Chief said goodbye to his parents last November when Halo: Reach served as Bungie’s swan song. After months waiting to hear what exactly the future of Halo would be after its original creators moved on, this year’s E3 finally brought fans the news they’d been waiting for.

Radiation Sickness: Duke Nukem Forever Review

I remember the first time I saw Duke Nukem Forever, which was about a year ago. Surprise was the only word I could use to sum up my feelings. This legendary piece of vaporware existed? It was playable and funny and self-aware too? Man, if it could come back from the edge of oblivion, then [...]

E3 2011: The Best of the New

Exhaustion’s the only appropriate response after the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo. Even if you’re only watching at home, it’s dizzying trying to keep up with all the news, hype and announcements that emanate from the Los Angeles Convention Center.

‘Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary’ Celebrates Master Chief’s Birthday

Ten years ago, Halo proved gamers who thought first-person shooters would never excel on consoles wrong.