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,
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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?
The 2005 hit Civilization IV got “Baba Yetu,” as its rousing, anthemic theme song, courtesy of composer …
In observance of the Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision to treat video games to the same First Amendment protection as art, music, and movies, here’s a look at some of the biggest names in violent game franchises.
You may want to cross-reference this list with the games your children already own, or just be on the lookout for any of these …
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.
The case that went before the court, Brown v. Entertainment Merchants …
Looks like Black Eyed Peas have officially “made it” in the music industry. It doesn’t matter how many albums you sell or how many concerts you sell out, you’re nobody until somebody makes a video game about you.
Ubisoft is that somebody, and the game is called The Black Eyed Peas Experience. It’s “coming soon” to Xbox 360 Kinect and …
Happy birthday, Sonic the Hedgehog. You are 20 years old today. I trust you enrolled in a good college instead of attempting to simply live off of your many royalties? Look at child stars like Danny Pintauro, Todd Bridges and Macaulay Culkin! I urge you to figuratively tuck yourself into a ball and bowl over any impending life choices …
In 2008, Lucas Ordoñez of Spain was a 22-year old gamer and devoted motorsport fan pursuing his MBA.
Now, in 2011, he’s living out his dream behind the wheel of roaring V-8 engines, pushing his Signatech team’s racecars up to 170 mph around some of Europe’s most prestigious racetracks.
(More on TIME.com: Study: The Average …
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.
Hundreds of games jockey for attention, and inevitably, some garner more buzz …
With Nintendo’s announcement of the Wii U yesterday, we saw a glimpse of console gaming’s future. With lots of exciting new features (which you can read in depth about here and here), we decided to take a look back through controller history to see what innovations have left the biggest imprints, culminating in the Wii U’s new controller.
The closest thing gamers have to a holy pilgrimage comes in the form of the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. E3 takes over the Los Angeles Convention Center for only three days every year, but entire weeks leading up to the show are filled with hype and rumors about what games and hardware will be shown and …
Rockstar Games has a reputation. People see the R* icon on a game box and expect chaos of the first degree. The Manhattan-based company’s pushed the boundaries of portraying sex, violence and postmodern attitudes in their best-known series like Grand Theft Auto and Manhunt, letting players turn whole cities into unpredictable petri …
You know how you’ll be playing World of Warcraft or Halo: Reach or Call of Duty: Black Ops with a bunch of friends and somehow you execute a decoy-flank-covering fire strategy that’s so brilliant it completely overwhelms your opponents? Well, the Navy wants to harness that same kind of emergent thinking in an MMO designed to tackle …
