What Can We Do to Preserve Gaming’s Past?
Gaming has a nostalgia problem. Not nostalgia itself, of course. There’s plenty we can still learn from older titles, and fun is fun no matter how old a game might…
Games about games, 2014’s hottest trend
Sunset Overdrive. Bayonetta 2. Super Smash Bros. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. What do all these games have in common? For one, they're some of this fall's biggest releases. Also? They're all…
With Mario Kart 8, Nintendo gets DLC right
This week, Nintendo rolls out the first of two downloadable content packs for the Wii U's Mario Kart 8. The release marks the beginning of a new strategy for the…
This War of Mine: More realistic than Call of Duty?
Years ago, a friend was telling me about Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The multi-player was great, he said. Just like “being there.” When I told him I don’t…