October 17, 2014
The video game beat
Video game journalism is, as I love to say, journalism. But it’s also a beat. That means a specific area…
Author: Brian Crecente
August 19, 2014
Game dev harassment remains as bad as it was a year ago
It’s been a year since a new kind of threat to game development seemed to reach a fevered pitch: Fans…
June 1, 2014
Game journalism and ethics
The Society of Professional Journalists is a meaningful and needed organization for any practicing journalist. I’ve posted their ethics policy…
May 24, 2014
Schlock wave
Uwe Boll makes movies everyone hates. And he won’t stop. While the German-born director’s ability to turn a mediocre video…
May 23, 2014
The long, strange journey of BioWare’s doctor, developer, beer enthusiast
It seems like an insane risk. But it’s not his first. In the early 90s, Greg Zeschuk was a freshly…
May 21, 2014
Evolution or exploitation? ‘Bully’ fuels latest generational clash: gamers vs. mainstream
It’s a controversy launched by a sentence. The video game Bully, from the makers of Grand Theft Auto, has been…
May 21, 2014
The NSA is more likely to find budding romance on World of Warcraft than secret plots
We live in a time when privacy is a quaint notion. The idea that what you say, no matter where…
May 21, 2014
Childs family called 911 fifty times in 3 1/2 years
Paul Childs’ family called the police emergency line 50 times in the past 3 1/2 years, sometimes asking officers to…
May 20, 2014
Grand Theft Auto IV: A brutal new world
Expectations run high as the latest iteration of the famous – sometimes infamous – Grand Theft Auto hits stores on…
May 19, 2014
War crimes in video games draw Red Cross scrutiny
One of the world’s largest and most respected humanitarian groups in the world is investigating whether the Geneva and Hague…