You’ve swept through Diablo III like a scythe through styrofoam pellets. You have every character class maxed, every item slot perfected. You’ve soloed through “Inferno,” which is even harder than reading that musty 14th-century …
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Epic Mickey Creator Wants to ‘Shame’ Doom and Unreal Makers: Why He’s Not Wrong
I never got around to playing Epic Mickey, and that’s a shame, because I’ve played nearly everything else by game design luminary Warren Spector. I don’t think luminary’s too strong a label, though his output’s dwindled in recent …
Watch: Here’s What World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria‘s Opening Looks Like
I keep wanting to spell Pandaria “Panderia,” I have no idea why. It’s not like Blizzard’s forthcoming World of Warcraft is pandering to anyone. After all, it has pandas, with two A’s. Kung-fu pandas. They wear the same Kung-Fu …
Sony’s Gamescom Proposal to Buoy the PlayStation Vita: All Hands on Deck!
There’s this mega-gaming show going on in Germany right now, the European equivalent of our own E3. You’ve might have noticed it echoed on a handful of game blogs, as those who made the trip across the pond attempt to telegraph …
Papo & Yo Review: A Heartbreaking Meditation on Alcoholism and Child Abuse
Don’t get that title wrong, Papo & Yo is still a video game through and through: It has climbable ladders, autosaving, platforms you tap a gamepad to jump between and geometry-bending puzzles (no really, actual geometry bending) …
Dust: An Elysian Tail Is from a Future That Never Happened
Dust: An Elysian Tail is from the future, only one that never happened. A future where 3D never kicked 2D gaming to the curb. A timeline where 2D side-scrollers never vanished from the charts. Playing it feels like falling …
Ouya Game Console: What We Know (and Don’t Know) So Far
The $99 Ouya game console has finished its Kickstarter fundraising drive with more than $8.5 million in the bank, and its creators are now working toward a March 2013 launch for those who backed the project.
As I wrote last …
The 10 Best New Skyrim Mods for July 2012
A tree house by a waterfall? A slew of giant monsters roaming the northern seas? Skyrim meets Minecraft? That and more in our pick of July’s best new Skyrim mods.
Are Tablets like the iPad Poised to Dethrone Game Consoles?
Thank you, Cevat Yerli, CEO of Crytek, the guys behind the bleeding-edge PC shooter Crysis, for confirming in so many words what I’ve been saying for years: Tablet-gaming is here, and it’s a clear and present threat to console …
The Long Hello or Goodbye? Star Wars: The Old Republic Goes Free-to-Play
Back in 2010, someone purporting to be a disgruntled ex-Electronic Arts employee posted an anonymous blog post about the company’s forthcoming Star Wars-based MMO that caused quite a stir. In the note, this acid-tongued incognito …
Isn’t It Time for a PlayStation Vita Price Cut?
It’s looking more like a long, slow bridge to who-knows-where for Sony’s silent running PlayStation Vita. No, I don’t have official sales figures in front of me, but Sony’s reticence about said figures is telling. Companies can’t …
Is Windows 8 Really a ‘Catastrophe’ for Content Creators?
Valve Software bigwig Gabe Newell has his long knives out and he’s slashing in Windows 8′s direction, going so far as to call Microsoft’s imminent operating system makeover a “catastrophe.”
It’s not the first time for Newell, …
