Check out our late-spring list of PC, console and handheld video games to keep an eye on.
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Foldit Gamers Solve AIDS Puzzle That Baffled Scientists for a Decade
How amazing is this: Gamers playing a protein-folding game called Foldit have helped unlock the structure of an AIDS-related enzyme that the scientific community had been unable to unlock for a decade.
The solution represents a significant step forward in the quest to cure retroviral diseases like AIDS. AIDS, or acquired …
WATCH: How Long It Takes to Boot Windows 8
Since I can’t turn on my laptop with the power of my mind, I guess I’ll have to live with waiting for it to boot up. You know, for eight seconds. It might be seven-and-a-half seconds too long, but since I can’t expect my phone to also cook, wash my clothes and let me travel into the future, I might have to recalibrate my …
“Bulletstorm” Review: A Rain of Pain That Feels Pretty Good
Bulletstorm
Publisher: Epic Games/EA
Developer: People Can Fly
Systems it’s available on: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
ESRB rating: Mature
System reviewed on: PS3
First there was a minor kerfuffle, dubbed #Boobstorm, that started on this very site as a result of an interview I did with producer Tanya Jessen, where she talked about the …
PlayStation Motion Controller Move-ing to PCs?
Sony introduced their Move motion controller last year to a fair amount of buzz. While the device arguably had a better launch slate than Kinect, with more than 8 million Kinect sensors sold since its November launch, there’s no question that Microsoft’s revolutionary peripheral trounced the Move at retail. But the device’s chief …
Rise of the Supermen: Initial Review of DC Universe Online
DC Universe Online
Publisher: Sony Online Entertainment
Developer: Sony Online Entertainment
Systems it’s available on: PC, PS3
ESRB rating: Teen
System reviewed on: PS3
I, probably like most people who identify as nerds, created my own superhero characters when I was growing up. The notebooks with the story outlines for …
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Someday, Nobody Will Ask “PC or Mac?”
In this week’s Technologizer column at TIME.com, I take a stab at answering technology’s longest-running question: “PC or Mac?” My answer won’t please everybody–it’s a topic that instantly sends some people into prickly, combative mode–but it’s the only one that makes sense: “It depends on what you’re trying to do, and how much money …
Let’s Go Retro: Best Computer Games from the ’80s
If you’re looking for a nostalgia fix, the 1980s made up the golden age of computer games.
Gaming Tip Sheet: “Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood”
We’re going to start taking video games and breaking down those hidden tips, Easter eggs and other random tricks that you didn’t know you wanted to know. This week our featured game is Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood. We’re assuming that some of you have gone out and bought the game and are utterly addicted to it, so here’s some extra tips …
Can “Call of Duty: Black Ops” Outsell “Modern Warfare 2″?
Activision had a lot of expectations to live up to due to their previous Call of Duty release, Modern Warfare 2. The first person shooter received a 94 percent on Metacritic and has sold over 20 million copies to date. Now that the next installment, Call of Duty: Black Ops, is upon us, the wait is finally over.
Blizzard’s New Diablo III Trailer: The Feisty Demon Hunter
Demons beware, the demon hunter is here.
The latest and greatest trailer for Blizzard’s much-anticipated Diablo III was just released featuring a new class: the Demon Hunter.
In the cinematic trailer/gameplay demo she dual-wields crossbows while slaying an endless horde of undead zombies and abominations.
That’s right, I said …
Exclusive: First Look at Clone Wars Adventures Mini-game Attack Cruiser
Sony Online Entertainment’s Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures is tentatively scheduled to launch on September 15 for the PC with a public beta sometime before that. That’s two days ahead of the premiere of Season 3 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars on the Cartoon Network.
We tried the game out at E3 earlier this year and then again at …
