For those of you who have not been following the videogame news, there was a proposed law in California that would criminalize the sale of violent video games to minors. Many such laws have been attempted, but none have ever been passed because of the sort of case that they …

This seems like it could be kind of important for the PC gaming community. Today, Valve helped deploy 5 Free to Play titles through its Steam distribution service, something that previously could not be done because the infrastructure to support microtransactions for games outside of the ones they manage directly …

If Nintendo’s press conference was any indication, the company is in a pretty unusual place. The recent launch of their new flagship handheld, the 3DS, had lackluster success. Additionally, they are spearheading the charge into what we might call the next console generation with their formerly titled Project Cafe (revealed …

Some bits of this conference sort of passed over me. Since I don’t really watch (or understand, or care about) sports for the most part, I didn’t get the import of EA Sports’ portion of it. Just keep that in mind

However, there was a decent mix of stuff that …

I’m going to try to be as objective as possible during this post, but don’t blame me if it doesn’t entirely come off as such. I feel like someone needs to get Microsoft a dictionary. Sequels that look almost exactly like their predecessors do not amount to innovation, in spite …

Have any of you played Desktop Dungeons? If you haven’t, it’s really worth a look. Its a freeware dungeon crawling RPG for PC and Mac that can be played in about 15 minutes a session. It stands as a testament to good design–the short game time does not detract from …

In a move that surprises absolutely no one, Activision Blizzard has taken the lid off of a new subscription-based business model for Call of Duty games going forward. The program is being referred to as “Call of Duty: Elite,” and is set to include additional content not available to non-Elite …

Hi. I’m Syn, and this is my corner. I want to talk about games. To be more exact, with each of these articles, I would like to take a specific title and use it as a point of analysis of its underlying ideas or mechanics, almost as if it were …

Last night, Sony’s Playstation blog updated with news from SCE President Kazou Hiari that the Playstation Network was finally ready to return. We heard rumblings of the service being restored. Hours earlier, the company pushed firmware update 3.61 to Playstation 3s in preparation for the network’s rollout. Version 3.61 brought …

I have something coming down the pipeline on Brink (Spoiler: Its not great, but I’m enjoying it probably more than I should). That said, Splash Damage and Bethesda released the first major update for the game. This patch attempts to alleviate some of the lag players have been feeling (particularly …