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Osama bin Laden's "Second Life": In virtual worlds, does it take two terrorists to tango? And how much should we worry about those secret stockpiles of cartoon weapons?; By Juan Cole Feb 25, 2008
The thrill of victory, the agony of cyber-defeat: At the World Cyber Games in Seattle, the competition spills over from Starcraft and Counterstrike to good-old fashioned nationalist flag-waving; Andrew Leonard Oct 10, 2007
Gaming makes women smarter?: Hours of video game play improves women's spatial abilties, says a new study.; Tracy Clark-Flory Oct 5, 2007
Play peak oil before you live it: Collaborative intelligence wiz Jane McGonigal designs alternate reality games to solve the world's biggest problems. Enviros love her -- but so does the military.; By Eliza Strickland Jul 10, 2007
Henry Jenkins' westward journey: More fun with fantasy gaming and the history of Sino-Japanese hostility; Andrew Leonard Aug 24, 2006
Fantasy gaming, Sino-Japanese style: A red sun rising on the wrong dynasty starts an online riot; Andrew Leonard Jul 11, 2006
Cao Cao, where art thou?: Chinese gaming: A new dynasty in the making?; Andrew Leonard Jun 14, 2006
World of Chinese Warcraft: Where Chinese gamers go, the world may follow.; Andrew Leonard Jan 17, 2006
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
"Grand Theft Auto: Myst": In the most gorgeously conceived AND ultraviolent video game in history, you can open fire on passing cars with a bazooka while exploring universal archetypes!; By Jason Roeder Feb 2, 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
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 Dec 6, 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
The "Velvet-Strike" underground: Taking protests to the street is old hat. Today's rabble-rousers wave their signs inside video games.; By Jennifer Buckendorff May 4, 2004
Nintendo rocks!: And now for something completely different: The Minibosses, a band that plays nothing but tunes from old video games.; By Verne Becker Apr 21, 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
Silence of the blogs: Why did the New York Times ignore Baghdad blogger announcements and accounts of a big pro-democracy demonstration?; By Wagner James Au Jan 23, 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
Fragging for fun and dollars: A new wave of gaming sites reward shooters with cash. Gambling regulators are not amused.; By Christopher Stewart Aug 21, 2003

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