A new game about rape is merely a harbinger for a new market for sexual interactive fantasies, often depicting criminal brutality. Is the game industry ready to cope with the dark-side of entertainment?
Ten more stories for your morning including - shotgun fetish; terrific rant about a dumb games-based news report; and a serious game that just might save your life...
They are an amazingly powerful tool for selling games. But rather than merely remaining a marketing give-away, can playable game demos actually carry their own price tag?
On whining journos and cynical PRs. ( Look, I tried to keep all this stuff inside, but in the end, just gave up and puked a load of words out.) Bleeeuuuugggh...
Ten stories of the day, including the tale of a fake CliffyB; the most zingin' Star Wars games; the truth about memes and why we need a constitutional amendment to protect Killzone 2.
Ten slices of crackling content for your weekend platter including, the best snow games ever; why the number four is gaming magic; a tale of MMO treachery and the myth of corporate loyalty....
Relic breakoff Smoking Gun Interactive explains its ambitious graphic novel and ARG project, all built to serve its still to be revealed new console IP.
If games and movies don't develop some mutual respect, all we can expect are films that are really bad action games and games that are really bad films, says Steven Poole.