In The Grasshopper: Games, Life, Utopia, Bernard Suits defines a game as “a voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles.” We know people love to play games, but people's… Read More

I.A magical effect of the internet has been to connect people ranging across the globe in new, and previously impossible ways. Just last week I was on Clubhouse listening to random people in… Read More

Here’s a puzzle: How is it that gaming can be a bigger industry than Hollywood, with launches that regularly outperform the biggest blockbuster films, yet still feel less culturally re… Read More

I.One of my favorite things about the internet is that it enables “communities in everything”. I love discovering internet communities that are super passionate about some hyper… Read More

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This review of Flappy Bird is by far the most amazing thing I’ve read all year. It may be the best review I read all year, despite the fact that we are only one month in. But in fetis… Read More

(Disclosure: I work at a company that makes free to play games. This opinion is my own.) This weekend, the internet briefly went nuts again over the specter of in-app purchases destroying ga… Read More

“"Russian space lizards return to Earth"” - The Guardian, offering up maybe the greatest headline of all time. (via davidnibert) Read More

“The thing looked fierce: the pointy ram intake/radome evokes images of the spiked helmet of a Prussian solder. The tiny, recessed cockpit of some versions makes it appear like some si… Read More

One thing I’ve noticed from this round of the Overwatch beta, is that Blizzard chose to show win-loss records in your career profile. Another thing I’ve noticed is people leaving… Read More