Does being a games writer necessitate losing touch with the player in our hearts, or can we balance the enthusiast and the critic within?

April's most-read community articles. Did you make it this month?

Suriel parlays his history through memories he had of games and things he's not sure are true.

Quick-time events are the supposed bane of gamers everywhere, but they have some validity if implemented correctly.

From Tekken and Virtua Fighter to Demon's Souls and Monster Hunter Tri, here are the entries for April's Community Writing Challenge.

This week's Reviews Spotlight highlights Sam Fisher's shortcomings, the potential of Borderlands 2, and the Divine Comedy.

Dante's Inferno Review! Based On The Epic Poem Divine Comedy. Find Out What You've Been Missing If You Haven't Played Electronic Arts Adaptation Of This Extraordinary Adventure!

Video Blips for April 28, 2010. Come check out the Halo: Reach - Birth of a Spartan featurette, some Lost Planet 2 forest action, Saint Lucia throwing down for the blind in the new Dante's Inferno DLC, and more.

I walk the show floor challenging Wondercon 2010 goers to geek trivia. Featuring Bitmob's own Dan "Shoe" Hsu and Demian Linn!

One gamer argues that you don't have to play games before you judge them.

How much are you willing to pay for downloadable content? One gamer examines his DLC threshold.

While Dante's Inferno borrows gameplay mechanics from the God of War series, it far surpasses those games through its use of sexual themes in character development.

God of War III brings about the finale to Sony's epic Greek saga. The series definitely goes out in a brutal yet refined fashion. But does that make it the best?

Losing weight with video games, how Korea is influencing gaming, personal accounts of PAX East, and more await in this edition of the Community Spotlight.

You want to see more photos from PAX East, right? Good news, then. I have some. SEE super long lines! BEHOLD cosplay of varying quality! READ my smarmy captions! UNDERSTAND that I am still pretty sick!

Hands-on impressions from PAX East of Hudson Soft's Calling, a Wii-exclusive horror game that has apparently been out for several weeks.

A look at clones and homages throughout the years - games that borrow from their predecessors to different extents. Examines recent games, such as Bioshock, Darksiders, and Dante's Inferno, to show that the system for labeling these games needs to be reevaluated.

We admit it -- nothing's special about this week Reviews Spotlight. Yep, nothing but expertly written, cogent articles by some of the world's greatest minds. Nothing special, though.

In the inaugural issue of A Wider Perspective on Nerdiness, we look at the comic books which would most likely appeal to gamers. Think of it as an attempt to find commonality and promote understanding among all geeks.

These are the answers to the Bad Logos Puzzler.