tim rogers
In Real Life

Happy Birthday, Sonic The Hedgehog. Here’s How Not To Suck

Twenty years ago today, Sega released the first Sonic the Hedgehog video game. It was a joyous occasion – and it was also my dad’s 41st birthday. (Happy 61st birthday, dad.)

June 16, 2011
In Real Life

What You Really Missed At E3 2011

If there’s one thing I don’t want to talk about regarding E3, it’s video games.

May 20, 2011
In Real Life

A Planet Without Square-Enix

It has come to my attention that we might, within a few short years, find ourselves living on a planet devoid of Square-Enix.

December 30, 2010
In Real Life

Tim Rogers Wrestles With Your Questions Of Mario, Movies And Crunchy Games

How would Tim write a Super Mario novel? Who is the David Mamet of video games? Why are gamers so inarticulate? What was the crunchiest game of 2010? You asked our opinionated columnist video game questions. He answered, in depth.

December 3, 2010

The Imaginative Tim Rogers Answers Your Video Game Questions

Is Super Mario Bros 2 bad? Was the Sonic series ever good? Who is the Ben Kingsley of video games? What does that even mean? You asked our opinionated columnist video game questions. He answered, in depth.

October 27, 2010

Translating Final Fantasy XI To Life

The other day, I mentioned to my friend of 10 years that I was doing research on massively multiplayer online role-playing games (“MMORPGs”) for one of my game design jobs. I said that it was especially difficult to understand what people were talking about on online forums, given that I’d never played an MMORPG for more than an hour of my life.

September 15, 2010

Thanks For Everything, Video Games

A globe of fire temporarily replaced a portion of the blackness on the horizon. The fire shimmered close to where my eyes landed and then peeled back farther away. My fingertips were freezing. I coughed. The cough brought the pain in my jaw to life.

August 6, 2010

‘I’m A Game Designer’

People always ask me what I do. I guess I look like the kind of guy you’d be curious about when it comes to what I do. I’m pretty sure that this isn’t a desire I project on purpose. I “ended up” this way.

July 1, 2010
In Real Life

With Video Games Around Them, They Did Push-Ups

Two men walked into a giant circus of video games in June and walked out with a 90-minute movie that shows them, sometimes, doing push-ups in the middle of E3.

June 29, 2010

How I Didn’t Get Killed At E3

How did I get to E3? How did I get a VIP pass? I don’t even know. The idea was that I would walk up to E3 and, telling nobody anything, manage to just get in. That’s what happened.

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