Gadgets
How to Be a Wizard
I’m lying on my back, looking up at the sky. My knee feels broken. I’m not sure if I can get up. I’m ...
Smile and Nod
I Can’t Buy a DS to Save My Life
I don’t often feel normal. Not in the consumer sense. Not as far as games go. The games I’m most interested in playing ...
Smile and Nod
Games are Addicting: Your Mama
I am victorious. I know this because the slightly stilted female voice told me so. She’s kind of haughty, but calm and reassuring ...
News
Fiction Submission Deadline Update
We’d like to thank everyone who’s submitted, or has planned to submit, a piece of fiction for our first-ever fiction-only issue of The ...
Op-Ed
EGM “Banned,” Hsu Cries Foul
VGM Watch reports, by way of the latest issue of EGM, Editor in Chief Dan Hsu has finally had it. According to Hsu, ...
Op-Ed
Gerstmanngate in Reverse: Maxim Fires “Must See” Film Critic
You may not have heard of film reviewer Peter Hammond, but you’ve undoubtedly read some of his eye-catching blurbs. According to consumer blog ...
Editor's Note
Everyday Gamer
Every week for the past 130 weeks, The Escapist has delivered high-caliber content about videogames, videogamers and videogame culture. Over the past year ...
Op-Ed
Best Of The Worst Of
Listen, writing is hard. I’m not talking about the kind of writing involving logging on to an internet forum and saying “p0wned!” after ...
The Way We Play
Night Bandits of Graffiti
Walking around San Francisco’s Mission District, you may notice a peculiar sight. If you aren’t in awe of the grandeur of the regal ...
Editor's Note
Play to Pay
Only millionaires run for president. It’s sad, but true. And while there may be plenty of non-millionaires who’d make great presidents, the plain ...
Op-Ed
My Game of the Year
If you’re allergic to rampant commercialism, you may have missed the Spike Video Game Awards this weekend. Shot in Las Vegas and covered ...
Under the Tree
The Year My Tree Tried to Kill Me
This article previously appeared at www.gamerswithjobs.com in December of 2005, under the title “Pine.” The day was December 24, 2004. Christmas Eve. In ...
