video Creative destruction has been an important idea in the U.S. presidential election, with Mitt Romney claiming the fecund growth that occurs after bankruptcy and mass layoffs is an essential part of the capitalism. The concept finds a surprising co-conspirator in God of War: Ascension, which wil
video The last few years have brought a bounty of new evidence about how the subconscious guides our actions. Where this leaves the concept of free will is up for debate but we are discovering large parts of our lives run by the rote guidance of the unthinking mind. ZombiU dramatizes the stress betw
video Like all games that support stealth, Dishonored can be played by silently watching other people from the shadowy wings. In playing through the E3 demo mission without killing anyone, you’ll need to trail behind guards, eavesdropping on idle conversation to learn who’s running the show, what ar
Today E3 gave the world a parting hug in the form of these headlines. –Final Fantasy Dimensions, an episodic retro-RPG, coming to iSO and Android. –Angry Birds coming to consoles. -Shigeru Miyamoto talks about potentially connecting the 3DS and WiiU. -1,000 workers riot and Foxconn’s Chengdu factory
The original Star Trek series was an unspooling yarn of multicultural adventurism that celebrated the discovery of new species and new ways of life. These discoveries sometimes left human beings in the unflattering light of savage cowboys always ready to reach for the phaser when a simple “how do yo
video Hitman: Absolution is a game about assassinating people in public spaces. The E3 demo puts players in control of Agent 47 in a bustling Chinatown quarter surrounded by hundreds of people, all potential witnesses to his crime. Paradoxically, in the moments before the violent outbreak, no one ca
With its new social features Miiverse and NintendoLand, Nintendo is confronting the challenges of monitoring and regulating the ways people communicate with each other inside its privileged magic circle. Speaking at a developer roundtable at E3, Nintendo’s Katsuya Eguichi spoke about the company’s e
XCOM: Enemy Unknown has a lot to live up to. The revival of the classic PC strategy title, which many consider the finest videogame ever made, is destined to become an extension of the hopes, dreams, and ideas of its most intense fans. At E3, I spoke with Jake Solomon, Lead Designer from Firaxis, ab