Starting with Valve releasing Steam as a necessary tie-in product to activate Half-Life 2, videogame companies have developed a habit of using titanic releases to push forward new and controversial forms of digital rights management (DRM). Proponents and PR folks both claim that these will ultimatel
The Witcher developer CD Projekt released a lone screenshot of their next project, based on Cyberpunk, a pen and paper role-playing game designed Mike Pondsmith. The studio claims the game is being made “for mature and demanding players who expect to be treated seriously.” In the language of videoga
video Filmmakers James George and Jonathan Minard have created an amazing new filmmaking technique for their on-going documentary project, Clouds. The process involves shooting interview subjects with standard DSLR cameras and a Kinect. After shooting, they took the 3D data points recorded by the Ki
Game jams have become increasingly popular over the years, reaching an absurd new milestone earlier this year with the Molydeux Game Jam that took place in 28 different cities around the world this April. Game jams are especially inviting to people curious about making games but uncertain about how
Christian Bale has off today, but the newsies are still grinding out the news. -Epic president claims to have won lawsuit against Silicon Knights. -Sony rejected idea of online-only PlayStation 4. -Nintendo teases Wii U launch games on Facebook page. –Mensa Academy lets players flounder with their o
video Norwegian developer Krilbite Studio announced their next project will be Among the Sleep, a first person horror game played from the view of a two year-old baby. The game is set on a spooky night when a toddler climbs out of its crib and crawls around a house observing spooky supernatural phen
A 4 year-old girl in Florida was watching television at home when her father led her into the kitchen and tied her up with a rope so he could play videogames, the Daily Mail reports. The girl claims her father was playing “bad guy” videogames, and has tied her up before for the same purpose. She was
What’s the difference between Kirby’s Dream Land and Catherine? ESRB ratings help parents know that not all cartoon-styled games are for children, but who helps parents know about ESRB ratings? For the California Bay Area, the San Francisco Giants will star in public service announcements that will