Joseph Bernstein

-The British journalist Steven Poole, writing for Edge, on the dominance of the corridor in games, from the “jungly corridor” to the “war-torn city corridor.” A great read.

That’s the question asked in a long, fascinating, complex post on the Frictional Games (Amnesia, Penumbra) blog today. The problem according to the writer, is that modern adventure games have fallen into two categories – the Puzzle Approach and the Linear Plot approach – and each presents nagging li

Journey, Thatgamecompany’s lovely co-op adventure (which certain segments of our office sitting to my right did not particularly enjoy) was nominated for a Grammy today in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category. Its competition – the Dark Knight Rises, Hugo, Tintin, The Girl with the Dr

A recently published study in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking found that people who use multiple media, like playing a video game while surfing the internet, are predisposed to depression and anxiety. The researchers, from Michigan State university, aren’t sure which way