Square Enix really messed up when they released their Facebook app that allowed users to put a “hit” on their friends. The app—a promotion for the Hitman: Absolution video game—was supposed to be a fun way to “poke” people, to misuse a Facebook term. A …
It’s not surprising that in the edgiest of all the war games, Call of Duty, the good and bad of armed conflict is a twisting, hard-to-pin-down thing. What is surprising is how many gamers don’t seem to care.
Back in my art school days I decided to do my hair up (when I had some) like they did it back in the 1950s, sideburns and all. I was really into 1950s Americana, you know? Hot rods, car hops and authentic Rockabilly music. It didn’t hurt either that my …
The seal has been broken and the horseman Death is on the move. But this Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse tale won’t be following any sort of biblical script.
I like motorcycles. Fast ones. Always have. I owned a few in my younger days. And even now, if I had the dough, I’d be making my morning commute into the office on a Honda CBR1000RR. But these days I’d be sure to adhere to the posted speed limit. And i …
This grinding shooter wallows in the physical and psychological fog of war. No, make that the mess of war. The horror of war.
I recently read a pretty disturbing article from the BBC about video games. But this isn’t the usual heard-it-all-before-video-games-are-evil fodder. No, the subject matter we’re talking about here is different, and it involves a subject we hear about …
I’ve got 120 apps on my iPad 2. My iPhone 4 sports 99 of ’em. I’ve got apps that range from the Holy Bible to ABC Song (it’s supposed to teach my kid the alphabet). I have three different apps for checking the weather and one for Bay Area news. The las …
Tom Clancy is selling big again. But it’s not his new novel. It’s his new third-person shooter.
What if you walked into the Smithsonian American Art Museum and on display was … wait for it … video game art? Well, wonder no more. That’s right, an exhibit called “The Art of Video Games” is already here—and will be at the Smithsonian through Septemb …
Same quarantined city. Same ravaging virus. Same malevolent government types. Maybe a new shape-shifting killer will make a difference. Or not.
Silent Hill is being drenched by a stormy and sinister weather front. But don’t screaming children and shrieking beasties sort of contradict the name?
