Tech-Gaming Technology, Gaming, and Culture

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 ...

Often the purchase of a smart phone excludes any type of accompanying headset- a compulsory accessory for most users. Even when such a supplement is included, the bundled peripheral is typically of middling quality, urging ...

Sure, Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara sounds like a brand new title, destined to callus the fingertips of curious hack-and-slash fans. Yet, further inspection reveals that the game is actually a HD remaster of ...

Sage’s Overview: As the show came to a close, Robert, Sean, and I spent Day 3 split between the south and west halls. I went to Turtle Beach in the morning to check out their ...

Sage’s Overview: Today my favorite games all featured really great weaponry.  The deep, driven pace of E3 continued as the exhibit halls filled with crowds of people.  Barely squeezing through security, I left the guys ...

Sage’s Overview:  The day started with the Nintendo semi-presser. Nintendo wanted the press to spend more time gaming and less time sitting at a press conference, and it was certainly an effective method. Brief presentations ...

Robert’s Overview: Since their first foray into console gaming back in 2001, Microsoft has enjoyed a strategic market advantage. When the company’s inaugural console was released, the Xbox was more powerful that its current rivals ...