We’re all in trouble. According to a new piece in The Week, there’s been a marked rise in legitimate cases of Digital Attention Disorder – that is, an addiction to the internet and its infinite distractions. Some people have it so badly (no NeoGaf jokes, please), that they require professional treat
After a banner year, the game industry is going through something of a Kickstarter hangover right now. It was the bright and exciting new thing last February and March, but now, we’re as likely to hear about big name hail mary prayers like Gas Powered Games’ latest bid to get Wildman going, or scary
2D puzzle-platformers were practically an indie go-to joke for a while. We were at the point, maybe a year or two ago, where you couldn’t sneeze at a game developer meet-up without stumbling onto someone’s conversation about their puzzle-based hop-and-bopper about water/acid/gravity/the laws of ther
Big-budget games aren’t necessarily known for their thematic subtlety. I dislike that notion as much as the next narratology-jargon loving person, but the big guns, bigger explosions, and exaggerated action hero stereotypes that populate the majority of AAA games tend to confirm, rather than dispel
It’s breaking news today – Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has announced an end to the policy that officially bans women from combat, on the heels of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU. It’s a pretty major victory for gender equality in America – especially considering the reality that women are active
