PC

Portal 2′s Newest Character Is Hilarious (And Possibly Malevolent)

At some unspecified moment in Portal 2, we’re going to hear from Cave Johnson, the man who founded Portal research lab Aperture Science. Why we’re hearing him is a mystery still unexplained.


Mobile

Notorious iPhone Game Tweaks Critics With Legal Immigration Mode

If turning the plight of illegal immigrants risking their lives to sneak into the US into a goofy iPhone racing game didn’t amuse critics of Smuggle Truck: Operation Immigration, maybe the game’s legal immigration mode will.


March 14, 2011
In Real Life

Let’s Learn How To Play The Wonderfully Complex Civilization Board Game

Civilization: The Board Game from Fantasy Flight Games is no mere global Monopoly, no svelte Catan. It is a complicated affair and one that’s not so easy to capture on video.


March 13, 2011
PlayStation

Warp Is My Favorite Scientist-Exploding PAX East Discovery, So Far

I keep asking people who I run into at PAX East to tell me which games I should check out. Thank you, to whoever told me to try Warp. I think it was Eka, hype man extraordinaire for Monday Night Combat. I’m glad I went. Warp lets you be an alien who can warp through doors, into exploding barrels or into scientists and guards — to make them explode too. No release date, slated for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC. Trapdoor’s the developer; EA is publishing. I want to play more.