In an interview about the upcoming film Resident Evil: Retribution, Milla Jovovich summed up the mentality of Hollywood action flicks. In short, it is an awful lot like the mentality of blockbuster games: The whole point is that we want to make every film better than the last one. So we definitely h
It is as inevitable a part of growing up as broccoli or homework, and has been for years in our social circles. Psychologists call it “socioemotional selectivity theory.” Today, we call it “defriending.” While the pruning of our social branches has always gone on, the recent explosion of social ne
Feel good story of the day. Okay. Of a few days ago, when it surfaced on Reddit that a developer of Legend of Grimrock, an upcoming role-playing game similar to Wizardry and Etrian Odyssey, had modified the game per the request of a disabled fan. Here’s the chat from the game’s site: What a kind ges
As any diehard PC gamer will tell you, a game’s mods and modding community is often just as important to enjoyment of the game as the game itself. Bethesda’s latest shameless timesink, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, will soon make itself exponentially more accessible to would-be modders with the upcom
“Monster Guru” has some lofty ambitions. According to Gimo Games: Monster Guru enables players to capture and train monsters in a beautiful, expansive environment all the while discovering the secrets hidden behind the game’s complex and engaging story. With a smart geolocation feature, some pretty
Even though Ben Shaw “suffered multiple shrapnel wounds and had to have both of his eyes surgically removed” while serving in Iraq, he is still an active World of Warcraft player, thanks to his own determination and the constant assistance of his fellow guild member. An interview at WoW Insider told
Q: What’s 1 divided by 998,001? A:… Turns out that it’s every number from 000 to 999 in sequential order… except 998. Except 998!! If you were a computer, you’d find this HILARIOUS. Trust me. -Jason Johnson [via It’s Okay to be Smart]
A recent study by Linda Jackson says that gaming is actually positively linked to creativity. A study of nearly 500 12-year-olds found that the more kids played video games, the more creative they were in tasks such as drawing pictures and writing stories. So go buy your kid sister Scribblenauts, ok