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The Best Thing Cliff Bleszinski Ever Did…

Evan Narcisse 4 October 2012 2:45 PM

… was be visible. “So what,” you might say. “Isn’t that part of his job?” Actually, it isn’t.

21 October 2011

In Real Life

Sexism, Character Design, And The Role Of Women In Created Worlds

latoya peterson 21 October 2011 8:45 AM

There are many things I expect to see in a panel called “East Meets West, Art Direction for a Worldwide Audience”. I expected to hear Isamu Kamikokuryo, the art director for Final Fantasy XIII-2 discuss how Japanese artists focus on creating new worlds, Norse mythology and its influence on the game, and drawing inspiration from Cuba for some of the beautifully rendered backgrounds.

26 July 2011

News

For Some, ‘Gamer’ Still Means ‘Social Outcast’

Brian Crecente 26 July 2011 2:00 AM

Anders Behring Breivik was a likeable loner, a seemingly harmless Norwegian who masked his sudden disappearance from society to prepare for the biggest single-handed massacre in recent history with a modern affliction: video game addiction.

30 June 2011

News

Somewhere Between Predator Drones And Battlefield Have We Lost Sight Of The Horrors Of War?

Brian Crecente 30 June 2011 4:40 AM

Predator drones and other high-tech weaponry are turning war into video games and making the use of military force a more, perhaps too, palatable option, an Al Jazeera op-ed piece argues.

28 June 2011

In Real Life

Kotick, Riccitiello, Levine And More Praise Supreme Court Victory

Brian Crecente 28 June 2011 8:00 AM

This morning the US Supreme Court put to rest, perhaps finally, the debate over not only whether video games are protected speech, but whether they are art.

9 June 2011

Nintendo

The Wii U Might Be Too Little, Too Late

Brian Ashcraft 9 June 2011 7:30 PM

In 2005, Nintendo showed off the controller for its then-upcoming home console at the Tokyo Game Show. The console was still codenamed the Revolution, and the motion controller was nothing short of just that. The debut blew people’s minds. You could feel it in the room.