As video games become more demanding, performance becomes a matter of the utmost importance and, starting next year, Battlefield developer Dice will be tapping into your operating systems to help run Continue reading…
Just in case you didn't feel bad enough about crushing or burning murderously friendly turrets in Portal, an enterprising engineer has built a real-life version of our favorite stationary weapons. Continue reading…
Whether you're a fan of Iain Banks' novels like The Wasp Factory or his sci-fi alter-ego Iain M. Banks' Culture series, it may not have come through in his works that he's had varying video game Continue reading…
Andrew W.K.'s passions: partying, power ballads, and... pinball? That was the takeaway from a recent interview the Party Hard rocker gave to Pitchfork, going into detail about his love of the medium Continue reading…
Winning a game against great odds is certainly satisfying, but why do we keep playing QWOP or The Binding of Isaac after hundreds of failed tries? In an interview with Kill Screen, ludologist Jesper Continue reading…
If you've ever lamented the lack of institutional validation your favorite past-time enjoys, consider attending the Smithsonian American Art Museum's six-month exhibit about the art of video games, Continue reading…
Physicist William Higinbotham invented the first video game, Tennis for Two, at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island in New York in 1958, though he has rarely been recognized for his Continue reading…
Finding a decent arcade in the US is largely a lost cause these days — but hey, what you do with your bedroom walls is always going to be up to you. Axel Pfaender is a Berlin-based graphic designer Continue reading…
Although Valve says there's still no evidence that the Steam hack last November compromised passwords or credit card data, it looks like the intruders may have more information than we previously Continue reading…
Netflix will not expand into renting video games, marking the final end of the disastrous Qwikster experiment. CEO Reed Hastings just confirmed to investors that his company no longer plans to rent Continue reading…
