Though today was a little slower with the gaming news, there are still a number of interesting stories to dive into. For starters, ...

Last week I suggested reviving some old Lucasarts titles. Some people wanted to see the older games like Grim Fandango, The Dig, Day ...

Motivation is an important part of characterization. There’s nothing duller than an entirely reactionary character who never acts out of their own decisions, ...

L.A. Noire isn’t a new idea, it’s the return of a very very old one. Namely, adventure games. The games that its investigation ...

Usually, the underworld is a perfect stomping ground in videogames, chock full of slavering hordes and demonic overseers, ultimately ruled by a goat-horned ...

Most of the time we use the word “cinematic” as a joke, but videogames really are becoming more like cinema, i.e. cinematic. You ...

Thursday was a good day. I woke up to discover that The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition was suddenly available on the ...

Most of us are familiar with the Rock Star Developers, the elite group of game designers we quietly idolize. Miyamoto might be the ...

Critically acclaimed, award winning … commercial failure. It is the game you meant to play but didn’t until it became hard to find ...

The flop is a phenomenon as old as media itself. Someone pours his heart and soul into his creation, and, for whatever reason, ...

In the 1946 film adaptation of The Big Sleep, ace detective Philip Marlowe famously quips, “Such a lot of guns around town, and ...

Game of the YearIn 1998, GameSpot selected Grim Fandango to be their game of the year. It marked the end of an era ...