Kevin Fishburne sent me a link to this “Ask Slashdot” installment, in which a user poses that very question. The discussion that results is pretty informative; definitely worth a read. It covers a number...
Well, yes, in a manner of speaking. The sticker price might well be the same: you’re still paying $40 to $70 per game, depending on various factors (and obviously, we’re discounting “special editions” from...
That would be NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, father of Ultima creator (and private astronaut himself) Richard Garriott (known to us all as, of course, Lord British). Here he is posing by a console aboard...
One more interesting thing from Paul Barnett’s Twitter feed for today. Here, he draws attention to a video he did for AbleGamers, a gaming news & reviews blog with a focus on disabled persons...
Also known as AB 1179, California’s “violent games law” was passed back in 2005. In short, the bill stipulated that “all violent games be required to have a large ’18’ sticker placed on [the]...
That Warren Spector…he just seems to be all over the gaming newsfeeds these days. Not that this is really a surprising trend; with Epic Mickey garnering as much attention as it has been, the...
The long-time reader will know that I have a fairly broad selection of daily reads, including many political, religious, and gaming sites and blogs. The long-time reader probably does not know, however, that I...
It isn’t always easy being a gamer. Though admittedly, it’s probably harder for our spouses. I’ve also seen variants of this cake-topper, including one in which the bride and groom were sitting playing an...
