New Grand Theft Auto to mess with your morality

Nov 3, 2011
Grand Theft Auto games are exquisitely designed AND reward you for being a horrible person. And now there's a new one coming....

Fictional war is big business

Nov 1, 2011
In these austere times, when the Pentagon has to deal with new constraints on its budget, there's signs that the private sector is not cutting ba...

More young children playing video games

Oct 11, 2011
A final note today, which can only be filed under 'this week's sign the apocalypse is upon us.'

Wanna play the new Madden Football before your friends?

Aug 2, 2011
Videogame maker EA Sports will sell players access to full versions of its games before they come out in stores. For $25 a year, subscribers wil...

Journey to an unfamiliar type of video game

Jul 18, 2011
On today's show, Ben Kuchera from Ars Technica told us about the video game Journey. Here's Ben's complete review.

EA buys PopCap, spending big to go casual

Jul 13, 2011
Seattle based PopCap Games apparently had plenty of suitors when it went on the market recently, including fellow casual game maker Zynga. In the...

For public good, not for profit.

Jamestown: your average Sir Walter Raleigh on Mars video game

Jun 24, 2011
On today's show, we talk to Ars Technica's Ben Kuchera about a game that's highly atypical and, according to Ben, a lot of fun. It's called...

Those Wii U games looked great, but...

Jun 8, 2011
Some of them weren't from the Wii at all. Nintendo has admitted that in the highlight reel for what the Wii U game could do, they used some footage...

Atari not dead yet, feeling much better, thinks it will go for a walk

Jun 8, 2011
Atari was once king of video games. But then again Burt Reynolds was once the biggest movie star in the world. Nothing lasts forever. To everything...