psychology

The newfangled videogame "sin" taxes are pure political posturing

25 Feb 2013 2 min read News

In the wake of Newtown, state legislatures in Connecticut and Missouri are considering additional taxes on violent videogames, lumping our favorite digital pastime in a category alongside slot machines, soda, smokes, booze, and Prince Albert in the can. In an excellently informed article over at Th

The psychology behind to-do lists explains our "incomplete" complex

08 Feb 2013 2 min read Article

I don’t know about you, but my proverbial pile of incomplete shame – the list of games I’ve started, but never finished – is huge, growing, and seems to gnaw at me a little more every day. I harbor fond memories of the original Metroid Prime, and fantasize about finally picking it up again and finis