August 29, 2019
Singapore Minister Says Loot Boxes Need New Laws
Video game loot boxes are novel gambling products designed to draw in a younger audience and officials around the world…
Author: Brian Crecente
August 29, 2019
‘Reigns’ Gets Boardgame Kickstarter
Some of the people behind popular mobile strategy game “Reigns” launched a Kickstarter Thursday for a board game version of…
August 28, 2019
‘Dead Cells’ Hits iOS, Still No Date For Android
Colorful permadeath sidescrolling hack-and-slash “Dead Cells” is now available on iOS, publisher Playdigious announced Wednesday. The Motion-Twin-published winner of just…
August 26, 2019
The 1099 Podcast
You don’t need me to tell you that games journalism is a tough business. Shortly after we recorded this episode,…
August 8, 2019
Murder in the Thirst: Who Killed the Big Baller?
Bison Dele retired from the NBA to sail around the world with his girlfriend Serena Karlan, but it wasn’t long…
July 6, 2019
Magic Leap: Founder of Secretive Start-Up Unveils Mixed-Reality Goggles
Magic Leap revealed a mixed reality headset that it believes reinvents the way people will interact with computers and reality.…
July 2, 2019
Inside the Disarray Facing the Video Game Organization Behind E3
The video game association that conceived the industry’s national ratings system, handles all lobbying efforts and runs the massive annual…
July 1, 2019
How ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Is Changing the Way the World Experiences Music
For four days earlier this year the Black Madonna vanished, slipping away between sets at Coachella and an appearance at…
July 1, 2019
Gangs thrive in shadows since bloody summer of 1993
Dank pumped his legs, powering a bicycle around the manicured lawns and shiny cars of Highlands Ranch. He was 14.…
June 15, 2019
Dearly Departed
A killer and his three victims – case closed. But the cut-and-dried theories about Miles Dabord and Bison Dele have…