The Ars Technica 2011 Child’s Play Drive has raised over $17,000! Let’s keep it going
We've been running our own Child's Play drive this time of the year for the past few years, and it has long been one of my favorite projects. We set this year's first goal at...
The Nerf Jolt EX-1 is small, concealable, accurate, and it stings a little
I included the image of the Nerf dart next to the Jolt EX-1 in the above picture so you can see the size of this new gun. It's tiny. It fits in your hand, it's...
Sonic CD remains fun, fast, and now includes the Japanese soundtrack
Sonic CD was originally released on the ill-fated Sega CD platform, and it proved to be one of the few truly good games for that system. That's right, it was a game, not an experiment...
The latest Humble Bundle offers amazing games, promotes multiplatform releases
The Humble Bundles are now something of an institution. Indie games are bundled up, released on a cross-platform basis, and sold for whatever price you're willing to pay. None of the games are shackled by DRM,...
RAAM’s Shadow DLC adds context, richness to world of Gears of Wars
The world of Gears of War 3 has been broadened with the release of RAAM's Shadow, a $15 chunk that adds a few pieces of content to the game as well as a lengthy new piece...
Judge dismisses "Other OS" class-action suit against Sony
Sony removed the ability to use the "Other OS" feature of the PlayStation 3 through a firmware update last year, and this made a small—but vocal—group of gamers very upset. A judge has thrown out a class-action lawsui...
Free, high-quality updates are the key to Jetpack Joyride’s success
Jetpack Joyride is one of the best games of the year, period. The game is simple to play, incredibly addictive, and the developer has continued to support it with a series of free content updates...
Oh, Lord: Ken Levine didn’t remove religious lyrics from Bioshock Infinite trailer
A new trailer for Bioshock Infinite was shown during the 2011 Video Game Awards, featuring in-engine gameplay while a new cover of the religious classic "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" plays over the images. The...
The "best" of the VGAs: new Mass Effect 3, Bioshock Infinite trailers, and Tony Hawk HD
Spike TV doesn't seem to care about giving video games awards, as many of the 2011 awards given out at the misleadingly-titled Video Game Awards were given off-screen, or before the show actually began. The...
Week in gaming: Microsoft’s legal moves with the 360, Serious Sam 3, indie game marketing
This was an interesting week, with Microsoft updating the Xbox 360 with a new look and some new ways to search for, and consume, media content. The big story is the clause that prevents you...
SpellTower on iOS shows power of creating games in genres you hate
It's always tempting to ask those who create games where their ideas come from, but video games are like all creative endeavors: the idea is rarely as important as someone's ability to execute on that...
How to market your indie games: Ben Kuchera’s lecture at Run Jump Dev
There is a group of independent game developers called Run Jump Dev that meets in Lexington Kentucky— of all places—to discuss their projects and share information and stories and stories about the games they're creat...
