Brenda Braithwaite and Randy Smith discuss the potential in making games that aren't necessarily fun to play.
Some publishers deceive the ESRB to get lower age ratings on their games, claims A2M CEO. UPDATE: ESRB clarifies its position.
Street Fighter remixer David Sirlin shows how enforcing needless effort on players means they play the interface, not the game.
Analyst Jesse Divnich refutes the belief that a good Metacritic score means good sales - it's instead all down spending on marketing.
Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada tables potential third game in development at Eidos Montreal alongside Deus Ex and Thief franchises.
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Microsoft Games Studio’ Laura Fryer and Grand Theft Childhood authors to join Warren Spector as keynote speakers.
Frontier Developments founder to discuss technological trends and new business models.
Social network gaming leading to rebirth of platform, claims Lionhead boss.
Price conscious consumers not swayed by $10 updates.
Major roadblock to rating reform removed as Michael Atkinson takes back seat.
Chris Donlan looks at Backbreaker Football, along with some of the other iPhone games that are slicing up sports.
IGF Nuovo finalist Ian Bogost on crafting games with meanings that players can interpret through play.
Mass Effect 2's lead cinematic designer discusses his successes and failures in creating an interactive narrative.
The shopping mall scene in Heavy Rain fails, for a simple reason: it’s no fun, argues Chris Dahlen.
N'Gai Croal opens Pandora's box and thinks that the depths of 3D really do have something special to bring to videogames.
Chris Dahlen meets the director of interactive fiction documentary Get Lamp and remembers how rich a world that only costs the time it takes to write it can be.
How hot rhythm and high camp came together to perfectly express Sega’s magical difference.
Dante would only be delighted that his hellish visions should be inflicted on a new generation of sinners.
Despite an overall year-on-year drop for UK game industry revenues, individual retailers recorded growth in 2009.
Why do you love a game that refuses to love you back? Meet Robotron: 2084 – gaming’s earliest abusive relationship.
How the rise of the home console led to the creation of an arcade gaming legend and the grandfather of Left 4 Dead.