Ben Kuchera bids farewell to Ars Technica
In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative...
Week in gaming: the Wii U is mysterious, Diablo 3 on consoles, and MLG controllers
Readers were asking about the existence of triggers on Razer's Project Fiona, so here is a picture of the back of the hardware. See? Triggers!
We were at CES this week, and here are some of...
Gravity Rush on the PS Vita is the game you didn’t know you needed
The Vita is shaping up to have a strong launch lineup. At CES, I was able to play another game that should be ready for the system's US launch, or at least near it. Gravity Rush...
This paper-thin wafer may be the next big thing in force feedback
The most common form of force feedback in our electronic devices is the sort of rumbling buzz you get when a motor spins some sort of mass inside the case of your hardware. Video game...
Arcade sticks get social with linkable Street Fighter X Tekken controllers
Mad Catz is releasing a new version of its popular fight sticks for Street Fighter X Tekken. I had a chance to play with the new design, and to see its very special—and oddly specific—killer feature:...
Mad Catz releases the MLG console controller: for $100 you can have it your way
Mad Catz has done some interesting things in the world of console controllers, but the just-released $99.99 MLG controller may be the apex of what can be done with third-party peripherals…even if the company quietly...
The credit card that may stop, or at least hinder, on- and offline fraud
How much do you worry about your credit card information falling into the wrong hands, either due to online security breaches or a lost or stolen card? Dynamics Inc. is a company that claims to have the...
Super Crate Box on iOS box is hatefully addictive, delightfully anachronistic
Super Crate Box has been available for both the PC and Mac for a good while now, but the game has just been released on iOS devices as a universal app; a $1 purchase gets...
Microsoft UFC giveaway backfires as Xbox 360 app fails during fight
Mixed martial arts is a sport with an increasingly wide audience, and Microsoft's move to show UFC events on the Xbox 360 through a special app sounded brilliant at last year's E3. The app not...
Modern Warfare 3 ads don’t sanitize war, they reveal game’s truth
Modern Warfare 3 earned $1 billion in sales in 16 days, proving the series has become an influential force in American entertainment. It sold millions of copies in its first day of release, and the...
Our favorite gaming stories of 2011
How do you look back on a year of gaming and try to find a common thread? I tried to look for something that connected the stories that are presented here as being some of...
How Atari games showed me the power of a child’s imagination
I'm often asked for advice when it comes to raising children around video games, mostly due to the fact that I have of three of the former and a few thousand of the latter. The...
