Can OnLive Compete in the Video Game Console Wars?

OnLive, the cloud-based gaming company, is gearing up for the release of its gaming console hitting stores December 2.  Until now, the company basically allowed players to stream games online, including popular titles like Borderlands, Batman: Arkham Asylum, NBA 2K11 and Shaun White Skateboarding, for a set fee. The $99 console will allow users to play [...]

The Boss Battle Ban: A Modest Proposal

Have you ever noticed something about boss battles? How practically every game has them, and they practically always suck?

In Which I Become a Game Slut, and Then Borderlands Makes an Honest Man of Me

I’ve been a flighty gamer this fall. Like a wee little faun hopping from glen to glen. After my passionate — and I’m talkin’ Twilight passionate — obsession with Halo: ODST, I briefly, sluttily hooked up with a whole series of games. Like: