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I like to joke that Doom 3 helped me confront my personal demons. More specifically, it allowed me to chase them through hell ...

I love Kratos. He’s probably one of my favorite characters in modern gaming. Not because he’s in any way relatable or because I ...

I used to tell all my friends I was a “honey magnet” in junior high. By doing so, I meant to show them ...

Be warned, bub: I’m not like other people. Call it a condition, a mutation or merely an affectation. I actively seek out videogames ...

When I think of videogame beginnings, I think about riding a tram. As subdued, subtle and un-in-your-face as a beginning can get, Half ...

You’ve felt that sinking feeling before. Maybe you ended up at your safety school, or stayed at your boring desk job to keep ...

PAX ’08: Rise of the Argonauts Hands-On Ancient Greece is in. Maybe it was the uber-manly, over-the-top actionfest that was 300. Or the, ...

Why does an interactive medium passively present anything? Sometimes cinematics introduce characters, crucial elements of the plot or new gameplay mechanics. Oftentimes cut ...

They coo under the rhythmic thrusts of your fingers, deaf to the heaviness of their own breaths. The three of you are almost ...

This week on Zero Punctuation, God of War: Chains of Olympus. Webby voting ends tomorrow! Vote now for The Escapist at The Webbys ...

Game designers come up with ideas every day. Lots of ideas. Sometimes those ideas get pitched. Sometimes those pitches go into pre-production. Sometimes ...