I’ve clocked another 71 hours in Skyrim‘s lovely winter wilds, which makes for a total of over 120. Time to nitpick a little, because I’ve said plenty of nice things already!
Video Games
Nvidia’s Project Shield Can Succeed Even If It Fails
Even if Project Shield is only a minor commercial success, it’ll kickstart Android gaming in ways that a flood of bargain basement tablets never could — and prevent the future of handheld gaming from becoming synonymous with Apple.
Ni No Kuni: The Most Promising Japanese Roleplaying Game in Years
You’ve probably never heard of Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. Let’s change that. What’s a “Ni no Kuni” anyway? There’s a “white witch” in the game? Someone made an RPG from Narnia fan fiction where Tilda Swinton lives?
Next in Motion-Controlled Gaming: Crotch Harnesses and Bungee Cords
Picture yourself playing a first-person shooter while strapped in an adult-sized baby bouncer that controlled your onscreen movement. I know, right?!
Razer Edge Hands-On: A Modular Tablet for PC Gamers
The Razer Edge could be your next tablet, game console, laptop and desktop — and a way to play high-end PC games from pretty much anywhere.
The 12 Games I’m Most Looking Forward to Through March 2013
Forget the whole year in gaming, that’s just too big: Let’s talk about what’s on tap over the next three months, because the first quarter’s looking huge.
Xi3’s Piston: A Steam Box Emerges, Sort Of
One of the great tech news stripteases in recent memory is the supposed development of a “Steam Box,” a home gaming system based on Valve’s beloved PC gaming service.
Nvidia’s Surprise ‘Project Shield’ Handheld Games Console Shakes Up CES 2013
Nvidia just fired a shot across everyone’s bow with something completely unexpected: an Nvidia-brand handheld game device with a dedicated 5-inch display that’ll also stream games wirelessly to your HD television.
Did Microsoft Just Announce the Next Xbox with a Countdown? Probably.
Did Microsoft just announce the next Xbox for E3 2013 with a countdown? Place your bets.
Far Cry 3 Writer Says Critics Got It All Wrong
It turns out that Far Cry 3 wasn’t really a hamfisted story of a manchild-turned-jungle warrior, lousy with offensive white colonialism tropes. It was actually a subversion of those things.
Or so says the game’s lead writer, …
Sandy Hook Shooting: Video Games Blamed, Again
It’s natural in emotional times to search for answers, but there’s no evidence that violent media leads to mass homicides.
Classic Game Emulators Allowed to Live in the Windows Store (For Now)
While perusing the Windows Store for new tablet apps last night, I came across a surprising find: Microsoft had recently let in a Super Nintendo emulator, dubbed Snes8x, for Windows 8 and Windows RT devices.