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David Kushner, Rob Garfield, and Harry Teasley blog about the latest in gaming for IEEE Spectrum.
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2008.07.03:
Games Business Set for $57 Billion Next Year
2008.06.30:
Gaming's Hollywood Hot Shot Goes iPhone Crazy
2008.06.27:
How About A Movie With That Game?
2008.06.25:
Third party XBoxes?
2008.06.25:
Homebrew Wii Stuff
2008.06.23:
Guitar Hero vs. Rock Band: Round 2
2008.06.20:
Spore + Porn = Sporn?
2008.06.18:
Spore's Creature Creator Now Online
2008.06.16:
More Resistance from Insomniacs
2008.06.13:
More Retro Games for the Wii
2008.06.09:
iPhone puts on its game face
2008.06.06:
Disney's Sign of the Times
2008.06.06:
Games for Change
2008.06.05:
Engineering: The Video Game
2008.06.04:
Recommendation: See ya!
2008.05.30:
Rock Band Delivers (Music) Hits
2008.05.27:
More Thompson
2008.05.23:
Games in India Take a Hit
2008.05.22:
Jack Thompson loses another round
2008.05.21:
Masters of Doom Hits #1 (Sort of)
2008.05.21:
You know things are growing when...
2008.05.19:
Wii Fit and the Living Room Takeover
2008.05.14:
LittleBig Developers Speak
2008.05.12:
We hates them, we does
2008.05.12:
Nintendo Courts Indie Game Makers
2008.05.10:
Gaming Art Careers redux
2008.05.09:
Bioshock - The Movie
2008.05.07:
Doom 4 On the Way
2008.05.05:
Wii Skiing
2008.05.01:
This Week's Coolest Game (Besides GTA IV)
2008.04.30:
Grand Theft Auto: A Nice Scottish Game
2008.04.29:
GTA: The Fourth Coming
2008.04.28:
Interview with Nintendo's Miyamoto
2008.04.17:
The Biggest Game Ever?
2008.04.16:
The Year of the Game
2008.04.16:
Videogames Are The New MTV
2008.04.15:
How Much Do Game Makers Make?
2008.04.12:
Gaming art careers
2008.04.11:
The Future of Games
2008.04.11:
Game developer convergence
2008.04.10:
Stardock to Publish Demigod
2008.04.08:
Xbox To Get Wii the Program?
2008.04.07:
Game Education/Educational Games
2008.04.07:
Is Wii Fit the Next GTA?
2008.04.02:
The Return of the Commodore 64
2008.03.31:
Console's End
2008.03.28:
Too Close to the Sun
2008.03.28:
Grand Theft Radio
2008.03.26:
Not metaverse, Metaplace
2008.03.24:
Facebook Games
2008.03.24:
Jack Thompson: on the ropes?
2008.03.21:
China Gets In The Game
2008.03.19:
How Green is Your Game?
2008.03.14:
Cabal Online
2008.03.14:
PS3 on the rebound
2008.03.12:
Episodic Games
2008.03.10:
Carmack Goes Mobile (Again)
2008.03.04:
Paramount Wants in the Game
2008.03.03:
Hot Coffee Still Burns
2008.02.29:
Insomniac Opens Up
2008.02.28:
The Future of Grand Theft Auto
2008.02.25:
Take-Two Takeover?
2008.02.22:
Commodore 64 Games Coming to the Wii
2008.02.21:
To Be or Be Virtual; Is This a Question?
2008.02.21:
Game Developers Conference News: WiiWare Boots Up
2008.02.20:
The Relevancy of Games
2008.02.18:
Is Xbox Getting Blu?
2008.02.18:
GDC
2008.02.15:
Nintendo vs. the Pirates
2008.02.14:
Sony Gets a Boost
2008.02.14:
Lila Dreams
2008.02.13:
PC Gaming Alliance
2008.02.11:
It's a Convergent New World
2008.02.10:
Call of Duty 4 Cleans Up
2008.02.08:
Games Aren't So "Mature"
2008.02.08:
Support Stardock, I say
2008.02.05:
Nintendo's Chief Speaks
2008.02.04:
Gold sellers beware?
2008.02.01:
Wii Will Wii Will Wock You
2008.02.01:
Oddest game/movie franchise ever
2008.01.31:
Valve Gets Steamed
2008.01.31:
One...Billion...Dollars
2008.01.31:
Indie Games
2008.01.29:
Gaming President?
2008.01.29:
Games and Story
2008.01.28:
American (Game Developer) Idol
2008.01.25:
Free Games
2008.01.23:
Fox vs EA and Gamers at Large
2008.01.23:
Game Money
2008.01.22:
NASA Gets Virtual
2008.01.17:
Virtual Training for Real Results
2008.01.16:
MacBook Air shows Apple still doesn't care about games
2008.01.15:
Videogame Writers Get Their Due
2008.01.14:
EA: It's in the (Korean) Game
2008.01.11:
McDonalds executive points the finger at games on obesity
2008.01.09:
More Multi-player News from the Military
2008.01.09:
Is the Wii "Fit" for Consumption?
2008.01.08:
Behind the scenes
2008.01.07:
Maybe the Coolest Gaming Gear of the Year (So Far)
2008.01.04:
Sony PSP Gets Skyped?
2008.01.04:
Getting 'em Young
2008.01.02:
Gaming 2008: Year of the Blockbuilders
2007.12.25:
Atari 2600 Label Maker
2007.12.24:
Harry's Best of 2007
2007.12.21:
Big In Japan
2007.12.20:
Best of 2007
2007.12.19:
Worth every decade of waiting?
2007.12.17:
2007: a Year in Review
2007.12.17:
Rock Band vs. Guitar Hero III
2007.12.14:
The Army's New Game Studio
2007.12.14:
World of Starcraft...Maybe?
2007.12.13:
I Finished Mass Effect
2007.12.12:
Masters of Doom Files #3 - The Lake House
2007.12.10:
Watt's Up with the Consoles
2007.12.07:
Rock Band Rocks
2007.12.06:
Mass Effect & the 360
2007.12.06:
Blast from the Past
2007.12.05:
Videogame Politics
2007.12.03:
Games vs. Hollywood
2007.12.03:
Mass Effect: First Take
2007.12.03:
Move over, EA, there's a new Big Dog
2007.11.29:
India Gets in the Game
2007.11.28:
Who Needs Hollywood? Games Cash In.
2007.11.27:
Jack Thompson
2007.11.26:
The Dirt on Mass Effect
2007.11.23:
EA Getting Green
2007.11.21:
Vidgame Documentary Starting Tonight on Discovery
2007.11.21:
OK, now I want the PS3 to do well
2007.11.19:
Rock Band: The New Space Invaders
2007.11.16:
Rock Band is BIG
2007.11.15:
Virtual Crime
2007.11.15:
The Death of PC Gaming
2007.11.12:
Vidgame Chastity Belt
2007.11.09:
PC Games on Set-Top Boxes
2007.11.08:
The Mii Generation
2007.11.06:
The next Phase of Games
2007.11.05:
Where Do Old Games Go to Die?
2007.11.02:
Rockstar Feels the Burn, Again
2007.11.01:
EA vs. The Industry - Episode II
2007.11.01:
Hellgate: London, First Take
2007.10.31:
More PS3 conflict
2007.10.29:
WWW - Will Wright's Wii
2007.10.24:
Console Downloads Set to Boom
2007.10.22:
The Brain Scan Game
2007.10.22:
Portable avatars: Not going to happen. Sorry.
2007.10.22:
All Things (World of Warcraft) Considered
2007.10.19:
Is it Time for a Super Machine?
2007.10.19:
The Orange Box
2007.10.17:
PS3 Brain Power
2007.10.16:
I'd rather be Wright
2007.10.15:
Final Thoughts on Halo 3
2007.10.14:
Mac Gamers are fooling themselves...
2007.10.12:
Ship Jumping
2007.10.12:
Grape Shots of Arcane Wrath
2007.10.10:
So tell me....
2007.10.10:
Avatar Travel
2007.10.08:
Second Life Math
2007.10.08:
Has it really been 10 years?
2007.10.05:
Virtual Worlds Cash In. Call it: e-Volution
2007.10.05:
Wow becomes Jeep and Kleenex
2007.10.03:
Why are game updates so slow?
2007.10.02:
Second Lame?
2007.10.01:
Make Your Own Games
2007.09.30:
I have only recently learned about....
2007.09.28:
I know what my next game will be...
2007.09.28:
NY Times Op-Ed
2007.09.27:
BioFeedback w/o the shock
2007.09.27:
The idea of episodic gaming
2007.09.26:
Halo 3: the Reviews
2007.09.26:
Halo 3 is out!
2007.09.26:
The (Lack of) Story in Halo 3
2007.09.24:
A (Partial) Halo 3 Review
2007.09.21:
Pirate Party
2007.09.21:
Why Halo 3 Doesn't Matter
2007.09.19:
Bioshock II
2007.09.18:
Getting into the industry: artist edition
2007.09.17:
Asia Cracks Down on Game Piracy
2007.09.14:
YouGames
2007.09.12:
Masters of Doom Files #2: The Barney Mod and Beyond
2007.09.10:
PS3 Phone Home
2007.09.07:
BioShock Wars: Xbox vs. PC
2007.09.05:
Running Linux on Your PS3
2007.09.04:
Sony to Enter Video Download Game
2007.09.04:
Bioshock I
2007.08.31:
Fragging for Dollars
2007.08.30:
National Security: The Video Game?
2007.08.26:
Perhaps the first lukewarm Bioshock review
2007.08.24:
Mtisubishi's 3D Blu-ray goggles
2007.08.24:
Virtual Sex Suit
2007.08.20:
BioShock: Halo Killer?
2007.08.15:
Xbox Feels the Heat
2007.08.13:
Broken, Shmoken
2007.08.11:
Rating systems don't matter very much
2007.08.10:
Infocom's Hitchhiker Game Reborn
2007.08.08:
The Dawn of eToys
2007.08.06:
PS3 sells its millionth console
2007.08.06:
Busting the Game Pirates
2007.08.05:
PS3 Stalls GTA?
2007.08.03:
Games are supposed to be fun...
2007.08.02:
Games Get Casual
2007.08.02:
People we need, people we don't
2007.07.30:
iPhone gets Bejeweled
2007.07.29:
How Gamers Think
2007.07.29:
Is your Tivo set?
2007.07.27:
YouGames Buzz Grows
2007.07.25:
The YouTubing of Games
2007.07.23:
Warcraft Killer?
2007.07.23:
The King of Kong
2007.07.22:
Games as Art, redux
2007.07.20:
Engine Trouble
2007.07.18:
Mitt Romney talks about video games
2007.07.16:
In (Sorta) Conclusion
2007.07.15:
Sony thoughts
2007.07.13:
Saving Halo 3
2007.07.12:
"LittleBigPlanet" Eclipses E3
2007.07.12:
Twilight of the Megahit?
2007.07.12:
Roundup
2007.07.12:
Is this the beginning of a trend?
2007.07.11:
Sony and Nintendo Strut Their Stuff
2007.07.11:
The Xbox Factor
2007.07.10:
Most interesting console peripheral
2007.07.10:
This just in: DDR == good exercise
2007.07.10:
The Madness Begins
2007.07.07:
More game research of note
2007.07.06:
Just plug it into my veins!
2007.07.06:
E3 Preview
2007.07.05:
Game Help Down Under
2007.07.03:
Score One for the Wii
2007.07.02:
The New Game Boss
2007.07.02:
Yeah, the iPhone wants games
2007.06.29:
Insomniac
2007.06.28:
Show Me the (Game Ad) Money
2007.06.28:
Home Console Development?
2007.06.27:
Hello, Apple? This is Flash calling.
2007.06.26:
Fragged and Confused
2007.06.24:
The troubles of the PS3
2007.06.22:
The "Masters of Doom" Files - #1
2007.06.22:
India: The Next Frontier for Gaming?
2007.06.21:
Engineer Shocks Chess World
2007.06.21:
Feel the pain
2007.06.20:
The Best is the enemy of the Good
2007.06.20:
Grand Theft Episodic
2007.06.19:
Darn you, Liberal!
2007.06.18:
Resistance: Fall of England
2007.06.16:
Learn about your friendly neighborhood gold farm
2007.06.16:
One of 8.5 Million III
2007.06.15:
A mainstream media story on games, and it's positive!
2007.06.15:
Apple and Games
2007.06.15:
Mice and keyboards, two great tastes that taste great together
2007.06.14:
Armpit Lympnoids - The Game!
2007.06.14:
Smearing, part II
2007.06.13:
The Anti-Game?
2007.06.13:
Smearing, part I
2007.06.13:
Human Joysticks
2007.06.13:
Webkinz Mania
2007.06.13:
Are developers just thick, or something?
2007.06.12:
IM IN UR CPU, COMPILIN UR CODE
2007.06.12:
Games as Art
2007.06.12:
What's the Download?
2007.06.12:
GameTap's ReVision
2007.06.12:
GameTap Part II
2007.06.12:
Virtual Iraq: PTSD tool
2007.06.12:
Consoles need mods
2007.06.12:
PARC your bot here
2007.06.12:
John Carmack: Wolfenstein could have had deathmatch
2007.06.12:
The "Masters of Doom" Files
2007.06.12:
Why don't game developers do what I want?
2007.06.11:
One of 8.5 Million II
2007.06.11:
Halo 3: The Grand Finale?
2007.06.11:
"It's funny because it's poisonous."
2007.06.11:
One of 8.5 Million
2007.06.11:
Wii Emote
2007.06.11:
Brain Age To Go
2007.06.11:
Creative Approach To Life
2007.06.11:
Google's Gamer Patent
2007.06.11:
I like to make games
2007.06.11:
Microsoft's Family Games
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