Rules are the bedrock of civilization. Quite frankly, the threat and promise of punishment is the only thing that keeps me out of ...

The epiphany hit me a few months ago when my girlfriend and I visited her cousins’ Long Island home. Their 14-year-old son and ...

Coming into this closing installment of “Inside Job,” I find myself reflecting on the changes that we’ve seen inside the industry just within ...

Something made me hate Fargoth. I had just entered the world of Morrowind. I had enough problems without this guy in my face, ...

Like most people, I think my hobbies are pretty awesome. I also think it’s pretty awesome when authority figures agree with me, which ...

“Anything can be art. Even a can of Campbell’s soup.” So admitted Roger Ebert, world-famous movie reviewer and notorious videogame detractor, back in ...

The Pickford brothers were completely bewildered. What Rare had asked was unprecedented, strange and curious. They’d never heard anything like it. Who’d make ...

I have to admit to a certain reticence when it comes to praising games. Like most writers, I can usually find something not ...

This past Thursday, I had the opportunity to sit down with Ken Levine, creator of System Shock 2, BioShock, Thief and just about ...

I almost asked for my money back. Then I remembered I hadn’t paid to get in, and, in fact, had been given a ...

“I pissed off a lot of people on the project because my storytelling came in late, ” said Ken Levine, towards the end ...

I opened my coverage of the DICE Summit this year, and its attendant awards show, the Interactive Achievement Awards, by comparing the awards ...