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Letters to the Editor
Blaming Clinton for three decades of Chinese spying; Cintra doesn't really understand why blacks are angry.
Letters to the Editor Jun 29, 1999
The adventures of King Pong
Nolan Bushnell, the quintessential screenager, ported table tennis to the television and launched a revolution in hand-eye coordination.
By David Pescovitz Jun 12, 1999
Why emulators make video-game makers quake
The new "emus" aren't about piracy -- they're about freeing code from the chains of proprietary hardware.
By Howard Wen Jun 4, 1999
Game wars at E3 expo
Underdog Sega takes on Nintendo, Sony in battle of the next-generation platforms.
By Moira Muldoon May 14, 1999
Letters to the Editor
Sounding off on shooters and shrinks; Linux fans shouldn't trust Mindcraft.
Letters to the Editor May 13, 1999
Gamers shun talk of Littleton violence
The buzz at E3 is all about next-generation platforms, not the ethics of first-person shooters.
-- Moira Muldoon May 13, 1999
Quake, Doom and blood lust
Violent games aren't a problem, says the computer gaming press -- while lovingly hawking the latest innovations in pixelated gore.
By Wagner James Au May 12, 1999
Web of doom
Post-Littleton, paranoid media pundits seem blind to the line between the computer screen and reality -- just like the killers.
By Scott Rosenberg May 7, 1999
The shooters and the shrinks
After Littleton, the media declared that studies show computer games lead to violence. What studies?
By Mark Boal May 6, 1999
You can never read too much into it
David Cronenberg on the dislocating experience of watching "Existenz," modernist moviemaking and technology as an extension of the human body.
By Alan E. Rapp Apr 29, 1999
Tragic timeliness
Feed's fine special issue on games went up just two days after the Littleton massacre.
-- James Poniewozik Apr 28, 1999
Buzzed on metaphysics
David Cronenberg's "Existenz" imagines a dangerously exotic video game -- and it looks a lot like life.
By Craig Seligman Apr 23, 1999
'Wing Commander' creator takes the director's chair
'Wing Commander' creator takes the director's chair: By Howard Wen. Chris Roberts talks about his passage from the little screen to the big screen.
By Howard Wen Mar 12, 1999
Log: Brief reports and tidbits from the info-sphere
Turing Test transcripts: Is it bot or not?
By Salon Tech Writers Feb 22, 1999
Joining the mod squad
A gray-market "mod chip" supercharges a Sony PlayStation -- but how does it make you feel?
By Todd Levin Jan 11, 1999
The father of Mario and Zelda
By Moira Muldoon Dec 2, 1998
The games people play
Myst and Riven are a dead end. The future of computer gaming lies in online, multiplayer worlds.
By Greg Lindsay Sep 30, 1998
Talk to our agent
Talk to our agent: By Howard Wen. In the rapidly consolidating world of computer gaming, you need more than a good idea to get ahead.
By Howard Wen Sep 28, 1998
Master of allusion
When a philosopher creates a video game about Vegas, the payoff is fascinating but elusive.
By Scott McLemee Aug 18, 1998
New life for old games
New life for old games: By Howard Wen. Video-game emulators intriguingly blur the lines between hardware and software, PCs and game machines. Do they also promote piracy?
By Howard Wen Jun 23, 1998
Growing up in gameland
At E3, the game industry's mecca, babes no longer prowl the aisles -- they just beckon from the booths.
By Moira Muldoon Jun 2, 1998
21st: Royal treatment for game reviewers
Royal treatment for game reviewers By Mark Glaser From boot camp to Versailles, gaming industry junkets send critics to the strangest places
By Mark Glaser Apr 21, 1998
21st: "Ate My Balls" ate my balls.
How one nutty meme took over cyberspace.
By Milo Miles Aug 10, 1997
21st: Joystick Nationalism
Video games are most kids' first contact with computers -- therefore, says author J.C. Herz, they'll shape our world.
By David Adox Jun 19, 1997
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