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Gary Gygax's final quest: The co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons is dead. Let's all stop playing World of Warcraft for a minute, and remember him.; Andrew Leonard Mar 4, 2008
Grand Death Auto: Two kids, 13 and 15, killed an innocent highway motorist. Was a violent computer game responsible -- or their sad lives?; By David Kushner Feb 22, 2005
The year in games: Developers, critics, gamers and analysts weigh in: What they loved, what they learned, what they worried about.; By Wagner James Au Dec 22, 2004
Santa's sweatshop: Electronic Arts developers work night and day to crank out hits like "Madden NFL 2005." But now the elves are revolting.; By Katharine Mieszkowski Dec 2, 2004
Why we keep killing JFK: The controversial video game "JFK Reloaded" plays to our inner sociopath. But it also shows how government scandals fester in the national psyche until the truth comes out.; By Jefferson Morley Nov 30, 2004
No boring fighting parts: Rich and evocative, "Myst IV: Revelation" is a worthy successor to one of the greatest computer games of all time.; By Laura Miller Nov 23, 2004
John Kerry: The video game: In "Battlefield Vietnam," a new version of one of the most popular games in the U.S., you too can try to win a Silver Star saving your buddies in the jungle.; By Wagner James Au Apr 13, 2004
Learning to love mass murder: I'm not a violent guy. But I just cheerfully burned an entire marching band to death, then kicked a woman's head downstairs. OK, it's all virtual slaughter, but I'm starting to scare myself.; By Peter Olafson Mar 31, 2004
14th century video games: In Lev Grossman's "Codex," an investment banker manages the neat trick of simultaneously getting lost in medieval England and a 21st century computer game.; By Andrew Leonard Mar 4, 2004
Stopping al-Qaida, a quarter at a time: Eugene Jarvis, legendary creator of "Defender" and "Robotron," is still making computer games for arcades. But his new bad guys aren't aliens -- they're terrorists who want to crash a plane into the White House.; By Mitch Borgeson Mar 2, 2004
Video game fame: Long after Bo Jackson retired, the legend of Tecmo Bo lives on. For today's gamers, digital athletes are even realer than the real thing.; By Jon Azpiri Feb 5, 2004
The gamer of Baghdad: While missiles crashed around him, Zeyad struggled to keep Crash Bandicoot alive. Today, he continues to play, even as Baathist holdouts rage on and his frustrated countrymen demand a better future.; By Wagner James Au Jan 20, 2004
Video gaming and its discontents: Was 2003 the year of the great online multiplayer gaming flameout, or the year when a whole new approach to computer games finally gained real momentum?; By Jane Pinckard Dec 23, 2003
Raking muck in "The Sims Online": What happens when a virtual newspaper covering virtual events runs afoul of a real corporation?; By Farhad Manjoo Dec 12, 2003
Deathmatch, Julia Roberts-style: America's most bankable female movie star confesses that she is a hardcore shoot-'em-up gamer. What does this mean?; By Wagner James Au Jun 23, 2003
Ensign Crusher vs. the video-game Borg: Former "Star Trek" star Wil Wheaton was the main attraction on G4, the fast-rising video-game TV network. Until he quit, embroiling the network in a 21st century "Quiz Show" scandal.; By Bob Calhoun May 8, 2003
Lord of the Geeks: Tolkien provided the blueprint for one generation of computer games after another. But have today's whizz-bang graphics brought us any closer to Middle Earth?; By Andrew Leonard Dec 30, 2002
It's fun to kill guys wearing acid-wash and Members Only jackets!: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City goes where no video game has gone before -- into the dark heart of the 1980s.; By Wagner James Au Nov 11, 2002
Weapons of mass distraction: A new breed of computer games is teaching today's teenagers how to wage, and win, the war against terror.; By Wagner James Au Oct 4, 2002
Coming up next: Ambushed on "Donahue"!: More dangerous than Grand Theft Auto 3 -- a defender of video games is given the trash talk-show treatment. Here's what he really wanted to say.; By Henry Jenkins Aug 20, 2002
Age of Nvidia: Keep the gamers happy, and the world is yours: How one 3-D graphics company shrugged off a recession and vanquished every foe.; By Daniel Drew Turner May 15, 2002
Playing games with free speech: A federal judge says computer games don't deserve First Amendment protection. His decision is wrong, stupid and dangerous.; By Wagner James Au May 6, 2002
"The beauty contest": Bill Gates presides as Microsoft's WebTV and Xbox development teams duel for the honor of attacking Sony.; By Dean Takahashi Apr 25, 2002
Inside the Xbox: Sales have been disappointing, and the co-creator of Microsoft's game console just quit his job -- a day before a book portraying him as a hero hit the bookstores.; By Dennis McCauley Apr 25, 2002
Battle.net goes to war: Is an open-source version of Blizzard Entertainment's online gaming service an illegal copyright violation, or just a good example of how the Internet works?; By Howard Wen Apr 18, 2002

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