Joseph Bernstein

What is Sony’s next generation strategy?

Gamasutra on the logic behind Sony’s unexciting Tokyo Game Show announcements: Taken individually, each item doesn’t sound particularly exciting (especially this far into a console cycle, when everyone is waiting for hints of the next-generation entries from Sony and Microsoft). But read between the

A videogame racing champion is competing in a real professional race

Not only will a Gran Turismo champ race at next month’s Petit Le Mans series, he’ll be racing Nissan’s futuristic and efficient rocket-ship-looking racer, the Delta Wing. For the 10-hour, 1,000-mile Petit le Mans race, Spaniard Lucas Ordonez will be driving, along with American Le Mans vet Gunnar Je

What is the difference between Torchlight 2 and Diablo 3?

If you’re like me, I’m sorry. But also, if you’re like me, you played hours and hours Diablo 3, and you’re a little bit skeptical about buying another endless point-to-massacre fantasy game mere weeks afterwards. Kotaku has written up a frighteningly comprehensive – in that inimitable Kotaku way – g

What if the angry birds are evil?

Cultural relativism teaches us that no group of people have unique access to the truth, that the validity of beliefs and customs are limited to the civilization from which they spring.  Oh gamers, we have been bad cultural relativists indeed! Where is the empathy, I ask you, for the piggy, slaughter