What lesson are we supposed to learn from the story of a Thai teenager who robbed and murdered a taxi driver while trying to live out the fantasy world of Grand Theft Auto IV?
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai video game distributor halted sales of “Grand Theft Auto” on Monday after a teenager [...]

Call of Duty 2 takes place more than half a century in the past during World War II. It is about as close as you can come to being there using today’s commonly available technology. I played on a crappy 19″ color TV provided by the military, so I didn’t get the full experience.
I [...]

Someone won the lottery in some state I can’t remember yesterday. I turned on my TV and there was a reporter in the store where the winning ticket was sold, breathlessly speculating on who might have won the $365 million jackpot. All I could think about were these things: a) all the customers in the [...]

Read this article - it contains foreshadowing of what gaming will become.
Wright’s newest game, dubbed “Spore,” will populate fictional planets with animals and cities created wholly by other game players. Allard said the Xbox 360 will increasingly encourage developers to let their players add on to worlds, and even sell their creations though a central [...]

As you’re reading in the post-E3 buzz, Civilization IV is getting better and better. The game is nearly complete, and right now you can play a quite satisfying single or multi-player game.
So says the Firaxis web site’s Spring 2005 Behind the Scenes letter. I am a huge fan of every version of Civilization thus far. [...]