Back in my Commodore 64 days, I played an innovative Pac-Man clone which used the first person perspective. This was well before the concept of a first person shooter took hold and you might guess how

The games we buy. The movies we watch. The music we listen to. The cars we drive. The meat we eat. The jobs we have. The wages we’re paid. The streets we drive. The stores we shop. The

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In the mood for a horror movie, I fired up the old Xbox and downloaded Bloodsucking Freaks. For the uninitiated, through a subtle process you can convert American currency to Microsoft Points and use

Upset over her virtual divorce, a Japanese woman murdered her virtual ex-husband.

MapleStory, the scene of the crime, is a free MMORPG played by millions of people around the world. The social aspect

Welcome to the latest installment of Blog Banter, the monthly blogging extravaganza created by bs angel and coordinated by Game Couch. Blog Banter involves our cozy community of enthusiastic gaming bloggers,

Yes, you’ve seen this before, but has it been done this well?

I’m two hours into Dead Space and so far I’ve been reminded of BioShock, System Shock 2, Sanitarium and Silent Hill. That’s not a reflection

I spent thirty minutes last night yelling at my Xbox. It’s a Microsoft product, so it wasn’t fazed.

I wasn’t angry; I was playing the demo for Tom Clancy’s EndWar. EndWar is a real-time strategy game

I stopped playing Alone in the Dark midway through the 3rd of its 8 episodes. I was tired of being killed by black sludge. I was tired of sitting through the cinematic which preceded me getting killed

You know how superheroes create supervillains? Well that’s how former ESA president Doug Lowenstein views Jack Thompson. Videogame writers didn’t respond to Jack Thompson. They created him!

And he’s