Our own Jamin Warren spoke on National Public Radio recently about how Modern Warfare 3 creates a more inclusive game. WARREN: Exactly. Exactly. You know, I think what’s interesting here is that this is emblematic of a larger industry shift, which is noticing that these excessive games like “Farmvil
Guessing there’s more than one of you who sacrificed your social life this weekend to the benevolent deity that is Skyrim. I had a friend who stayed up until 6am on Friday playing it. No judgments. Anyways, the Skyrim fitness program got kicked off by an editor at PCWorld, who decided he would “earn
In a uniformly amazing essay entitled, “The trouble with video games isn’t the violence. It’s that most of the characters are dicks,” British games writer Charlie Booker examines exactly what makes people feel so uncomfortable about violence in games: So we both stop in our tracks, and moustache man
In his essay “Football”, Chuck Klosterman wrote about the fact that, despite seeming like a conservative flag bearer, football is actually one of the most progressive sports. One example he gives is the NFL’s willingness to try new technology. The latest technlogy impacting the game? Tablets. “Just
Besides that awesome lightning bolt effect, we mean. – Drew Millard