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  • Born-again sneaker freak

    I thought cool sneakers and video games were only for dedicated fanboys -- until the new old-school Nikes made me lust after cool kicks again.
    By Andy Selsberg October 5, 2007

  • Should tots watch TV?

    Most kids under 2 are parked in front of the electronic babysitter every day. Author Lisa Guernsey explains how the tube impacts the smallest couch potatoes.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski September 14, 2007

  • First PS3, now XBox: The prices, they just keep falling

    Microsoft cuts the price of its XBox 360 model by $50, a response to Sony's adjustment of the Playstation 3's tag.
    By Farhad Manjoo August 7, 2007

  • "Grand Theft Auto IV" delayed until 2008

    Game creators blame technical difficulties caused by a simultaneous release on both the XBox and the PS3.
    By Farhad Manjoo August 3, 2007

  • Is the PS3 turning into a TiVo?

    Sony's New Zealand marketing rep accidentally discloses an upcoming add-on for the Playstation 3.
    By Farhad Manjoo August 2, 2007

  • The feds go after video game "mod chips"

    The chips let people use their game consoles in ways manufacturers don't like -- including to play pirated games
    By Farhad Manjoo August 2, 2007

  • Why can't gay dwarves get married in Middle-earth?

    Video games have been ahead of the real world in accepting same-sex marriage. Why doesn't a new online "Lord of the Rings" game allow it?
    By Katherine Glover April 28, 2007

  • Do I have the right to control how Christmas money is used?

    Last year I sent my brother a check to buy gifts for his kids, and he spent it on a video game.
    By Cary Tennis November 21, 2006

  • Hillary, player hater

    A hilariously graphic sex scene hidden in "Grand Theft Auto" has got Hillary Clinton all hot and bothered. That's no way to win the youth vote.
    By Farhad Manjoo July 22, 2005

  • Trying to control the controller

    As a parent, I'm supposed to take a stand on video games. But how can I tell how they'll affect my kids if I don't even know how to turn on the PS2?
    By Katy Read July 7, 2005

  • Don't kill your television

    Far from making us stupid, violent and lazy, TV and video games are as good for us as spinach, says an engaging new book by Steven Johnson.
    By Farhad Manjoo May 1, 2005

  • The myth of media violence

    Contrary to the moralistic claims of Hillary Clinton and others, bloody video games and movies are not a major cause of crime. But they are a powerful drug we don't understand.
    By Andrew O'Hehir March 17, 2005

  • 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 February 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 February 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 December 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 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

  • 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 April 21, 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

  • 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 February 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 January 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 December 23, 2003
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