Halo is overrated. Ocarina of Time is overrated. There is a reason why some games draw attention: They do something new. It's these games that occasion the most hype, homage, and hyperbole, and they're the ones most often written off as "overrated" by those who simply fail to understand their significance, often years later.

News Blips for August 24, 2010. Microsoft prepares to ban Halo: Reach bootleggers from Xbox Live, Treyarch plans to bring modding back to Call of Duty series in Black Ops, new college courses have video games as required texts, and more.

I make a breif (very brief) analysis of five games whose narratives I feel are extra special.

Stories don't define games. They only serve to enrich the mechanics of a game experience.

A quick-thinking Swedish guy has created a Portal inspired by Valve's puzzler.

Japan loves games. Really. Just not the new ones.

Having a hard time explaining why Inception's dreams are they way they are to your friends? This gaming analogy might help you.

As I have mentioned numerous times in my writing, I'm pretty far behind with the video game world. I need to catch up on the classic franchises I've completely missed out on and play through the landmark titles that I've yet to touch. Feel free to read along as I do. This time, I'll be covering Metroid: Zero Mission, Portal, and Flower.

Best Xbox 360 Shooter: BioShock and my time spent with the genre.

First-person shooters are the result of a design choice a studio makes – nothing more, and right now we're in the eye of the marketing storm.

Tag and Today I Die are among the highlights in the 'T' edition of the Indie Scene.

The glut first-person-shooter announcements at this year's E3 is worrying. Developers should be focusing more on expanding the possible diversity of the first-person perspective and less on cashing in on trends.

I love the immersive qualities of first-person shooters. I only wish they had less shooting.

The games! They've invaded our world! And they've brought their mad beat with them!

Get yourself tipsy while defying all sorts of scientific laws.

Gerren turns in his homework and starts spitting out other people's lines faster than Carlos Mencia

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Eight Bitmobbers wrote analyzed characters from the cast of Portal to Mr. Bones. Click here to read the results from the June 2009 Bitmob Writing Challenge.

How good were you at gaming when you were three? Probably not this good.

Check out this brief gameplay video of Portal 2 that introduces Wheatley, a hilarious (yet useful) ally during your journey through the ruined Aperture labs.