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Last year, the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Art of Video Games exhibit demonstrated the evolution of our industry- showcasing eighty titles across a variety of hardware platforms. While the Nintendo Wii was represented by visual ...

This week, Nintendo’s eShop dominates the new release schedule, releasing eight games for digital distribution. From Game Gear titles such as Sonic Labyrinth and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 to original works such as G. Rev-developed ...

Parody is a burdensome task for interactive entertainment. While few will fault the film The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall And Felt Superbad About It for its clumsy cinematography, video game satire is ...

I try to keep my monthly gaming budget regulated, lest I spend the last week of the month dining on instant ramen. But that wasn’t always the case. In 2005, Jump Super Stars for the ...

In this very special two-part episode of the Tech-Gaming Podcast, the crew shirks their typical professionalism, to offer an analysis on the next-gen console war. E3 surprises, disappoints, and a discussion of ‘swag hags’ ensues, ...

In the annals of video game history, armored vehicles have played a substantial role. Atari’s coin-op Tank was released in 1974, inspiring a battalion of similar playing titles, including the company’s perennial 2600 pack-in, Combat. ...

In his 2006 book, Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture is Making Us Smarter, writer Steven Johnson asserts that the act of watching television has shifted from simple passive escapism to ...

Typically, the summer solstice is a leisurely time for publishers, with only a few games trickling onto store shelves. This year, digital distribution looks to break that tradition, with the longest day of the year ...

Last year, the MOGA Mobile Gaming System provided a reprieve from the woes of on-screen controls. For years, Android gamers have been forced to endure oft-infuriating virtual d-pad input. Beyond being cumbersome and inexact, the ...

Last month, the president of Microsoft’s Xbox division explained why the company’s upcoming console omitted backward compatibility. According to Don Mattrick, only five percent of customers actually played older games on a new console- demoting ...