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  • A change of heart for Scrooge?

    A leaked memo hints that Electronic Arts might change its exploitative ways. But the workers are unimpressed.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski December 6, 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 December 2, 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 November 23, 2004

  • Gameboys

    "Hitman: Contracts" lets you kick major bad-guy butt -- but dealing with all the blood-oozing dead bodies isn't so easy.
    By Jeff Alexander and Tom Bissell May 27, 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 March 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 March 2, 2004

  • Remembrance of Froggers past

    In the "Catalogue of Obsolete Entertainments," a fictional author evaluates the games of his youth for their ultimate historical and philosophical significance. An excerpt from "Lucky Wander Boy."
    By D. B. Weiss May 27, 2003

  • Would Hegel have played "Pac-Man"?

    "Lucky Wander Boy," a novel about a video gamer's quest for meaning, gives humorous insights into minds shaped by the Mario Bros.
    By Andrew Leonard May 27, 2003

  • Get behind the M.U.L.E.

    Dani Bunten's pioneering computer game inspired some of the greatest designers in the business. But her life story is a testament to how the industry lost its way.
    By John Gorenfeld March 18, 2003

  • Screenage wasteland?

    When video games look as good as action films, commercials are more fun than cartoons, and everything screams "Buy!" it's easy to lose your bearings.
    By Andrew Leonard December 5, 2002

  • Showdown in cyberspace: Star Wars vs. The Sims

    If online role-playing games are ever going to break out of the hardcore gamer ghetto, they'll have to do more than please the geeks.
    By Wagner James Au July 9, 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 April 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 April 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 April 18, 2002

  • Triumph of the mod

    Player-created additions to computer games aren't a hobby anymore -- they're the lifeblood of the industry.
    By Wagner James Au April 16, 2002

  • Hot salsa Tetris

    Video-game music remixers turn bleeps and bloops into everything from Swedish death metal to hillbilly pickin'.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski March 18, 2002

  • Playing games with Apple

    Mac gamers have long suffered from PC envy. But this year their holiday spirits are unexpectedly up.
    By Daniel Drew Turner December 19, 2001

  • Battle of the gaming giants

    At opening day of the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft eye one another warily.
    By Justin Hall May 18, 2001

  • Playing God

    By Wagner James Au
    April 11, 2001

  • Playing God

    The long-awaited game Black & White is everything fans hoped it would be: A state-of-the-art excursion into our own souls.
    By Wagner James Au April 10, 2001

  • Hunting the secret cyber-stash

    In the new high-tech game of geocaching, hand-held GPS units are tools for uncovering love letters to the world.
    By Janelle Brown December 11, 2000

  • The game of art

    In the exhibit "Screenshots," tragedy is rendered in a playful resolution.
    By Howard Wen October 17, 2000

  • The Michael Jordan of gaming

    Dennis "Thresh" Fong leaves the deathmatch arena to try his hand at building a business.
    By David Kushner September 5, 2000

  • Xbox, Xbox, |ber alles

    Quit whining. A Microsoft monopoly isn't always a bad thing -- especially if it kicks off a renaissance in gaming creativity.
    By Wagner James Au August 29, 2000

  • The Diablo II fashion show

    The hottest fantasy role-playing game isn't just about gore -- it's a mix-and-match accessorizing extravaganza.
    By Andrew Leonard July 7, 2000
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