War Is Not a Game
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 5th, 2009 at 3:11 pmThe New York Times has a story about the Army’s latest effort to recruit young people: namely, the “Army Experience Center,” a video game arcade/recruiting…
Posts Tagged ‘video games’
The Case for Shocking Torture Scenes in Video Games
By Jesse Singal - Dec 15th, 2008 at 12:23 pmClive Thompson has a great column up over at Wired about a controversial new World of Warcraft quest:
In the recent expansion pack Wrath of…
What Video Game Narratives Can Do
By Ned Resnikoff - Dec 12th, 2008 at 4:49 pmLike Daniel says here, it is cool that some video games let you choose to be whoever you want, but from a narrative standpoint, I…
Mature Themes
By L. Russell Allen - Nov 21st, 2008 at 5:02 pmMy faithful readers know that I can’t get enough of the game Rock Band. And who can blame me? The game’s designers, Harmonix, work tirelessly…
An Exceedingly Nerdy Anniversary
By Jesse Singal - Nov 20th, 2008 at 12:54 pm[Late update: There's a full article on the anniversary here.]
Half-Life, one of the greatest, most groundbreaking video games ever made, was released a decade…
The Unfair, Postmodern Platformer
By Jesse Singal - Nov 14th, 2008 at 11:41 amRob alerted me to The Unfair Platformer Flash Game, and I find it strangely compelling. It’s sort of a postmodern critique of video games in…
Mirror’s Edge Looks Nice, but I’m Still Waiting for an Engrossing Curling Simulator
By Jesse Singal - Nov 12th, 2008 at 12:04 pmI’m fascinated by the new game Mirror’s Edge, which shipped yesterday for Playstation 3 and XBox 360, and which will come out for PC later…
How to Make a Beautiful Ad for a Video Game
By Jesse Singal - Nov 3rd, 2008 at 10:04 amThe same agency, McCann-Erickson, is responsible for the commercials for both the original Gears of War, an XBox 360 game, and its soon to be…
A New Way to Waste Time
By Kay Steiger - Oct 31st, 2008 at 9:51 amThere’s this online game that you can play called Political Bash ‘08. It seems similar to Risk or Axis and Allies, but the team names…
Max Payne: At Least the Games Were Good
By Jesse Singal - Oct 24th, 2008 at 1:58 pmPerhaps not the most pressing issue to argue about, but I disagree with Jamelle’s negative take on the Max Payne video game series’ storyline. While…
Will Max Payne Be Another Terrible Video-game Movie?
By Jamelle Bouie - Oct 24th, 2008 at 11:59 amDoes anyone else plan to see Max Payne?
It’s not that I expect the movie to be good–I don’t–but it does seem like it could…
The New New Media?
By L. Russell Allen - Oct 15th, 2008 at 9:55 amIt’s conventional wisdom that the Internet is one of the best ways for candidates to reach out to younger voters. The kids love their MySpaces…
Obsessed: Rochelle Mixtapes, Feathered Headbands, and Lobsters
By Bradley Portnoy - Sep 26th, 2008 at 4:45 pmThis week, we tried to suspend our obsessions, but they got the better of us.
The first debate. I’m counting down the hours.
- Emily…
Going 8-Bit in an XBox 360 World
By Jesse Singal - Sep 24th, 2008 at 2:02 pmIf you’re a nerd or former nerd like me (I’m the latter, I swear), you’ve probably heard of the classic Mega Man series that originated…
Obsessed: Purity Rings, Mosque Chants, and the Inescapable Sarah Palin
By Bradley Portnoy - Sep 12th, 2008 at 11:25 amThis week, the media were totally obsessed with Sarah Palin. Instead, we were… also obsessed with Sarah Palin.
Purity rings. Apparently, you can buy your…
