A firsthand account of John Madden’s “man cave.” A rumination on the intricacies of sports A.I.. The question, “Are Sports Games Art?” It might be easier to tell you what isn’t in writer Tom Bissell’s investigation into EA’s Madden franchise. But the part that struck a chord with me is that John Mad
DICE is a games conference in Las Vegas. It is expensive and exclusive, but has yielded some classic talks such as Jesse Schell’s now-legendary future of gamification/points for brushing your teeth talk. I’ll be there to grapple with Adam Sessler of G4 on what writing and talking about games actual
The American military’s long and much-discussed use of videogames for training, public relations, and (arguably) recruitment strategies have reached a new level of immersive virtualization, Wired reports: “You design an avatar that has the individual facial features of a soldier,” James Blake, the A
Role-playing game tropes have ventured onto hipper ground, thanks to Troll Slayer by the Jullien Brothers, a music video that retells the classic videogame story of boy meets girl, monster steals girl, boy kills a bunch of skeletons and hairy beasts. One scene gave me a flashback of my sadistic tort
The PC’s position at the foreground of game development has been in question for some time now, as legends of game development such as John Carmack even admit that they’re no longer the “leading platform for games.” A recent post from Business Insider makes the situation look even more dire. PCs, t
To the late free jazz composer Sun Ra, space wasn’t merely the place, but a metaphorical stage where he could claim to be an alien from Venus, dress like an Egyptian god, and geek out to an “arkestra” of cosmic sounds. A similar assessment can be made of Jeff Minter’s universe. Like so many of Minte
Think about the most recent Taylor Swift album you listened to. Come on! We know you listen to a lot of Taylor Swift! If you’re like me and maintain some sort of vague interest in all things remotely pop music-oriented, you already know that Swift’s albums are all about her life. The recipe for a Ta
There’s been a lot of recent interest in developing coherent scientific theories on issues affecting urban planning and design, such as the logic of crowds. And while many aspects of the open-world experiences of games like L.A. Noire and Assassin’s Creed have been praised, this type of authenticity