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Photos of a writer's trip to a gaming-themed glow golf course.

2011 became the year a great narrative became an indispensable ingredient for making a great game, and there's no going back now.

In this episode, the crew discusses retro games including the best and worst consoles and their most treasured collctibles. Starring Gaijin Games' Alex Neuse, Wired's Chris Kohler, Chemical Bun Productions' Carlos Rodela, and Bitmob's Dan "Shoe" Hsu.

A boy, a snake, and a console or two.

News Blips for Tuesday, June 28, 2011: Sony CEO Howard Stringer was asked to step down by shareholders; OnLive is talking with Microsoft and Sony about adopting their streaming technology; Minecraft's adventure mode gets pushed back to the 1.8 update; and more.

With the mutability of online resources, used bookstores have become the unlikely recipients of gaming's past.

In this episode of the Mobcast, GamePro News Editor A.J. Glasser and freelancer Aaron Thomas join Bitmob's Dan Hsu and Brett Bates. The group discusses which lesser-known 2011 titles they think look interesting, why journalists shouldn't cheer at press events, the pros and cons of duplicate panels at conventions, and more.

This week in video game history offers up anniversaries for the "fan of the genre" in all of us. From quirky Japanese music games to the hardcore Western RPGs to bullet-hell shooters, we have all niches covered.

Since the introduction of video games, developers have always included some way of rewarding gamers by having them score points. See how evolution has changed the way points are earned.

News Blips for April 6, 2010. Two key employees from Infinity Ward have left the company, Canada has the third-largest amount of video game companies in the world, the Xbox 360 system update enabling USB storage support is live, and more.

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!

Taco Bell is offering four retro video game titles in their kids meals that work on Mac or PC.

Leona Lewis's FF13 shilling, Missile Command movie insanity, an appreication of Bobby Kotick, and more

Sony's motion controller delayed, the pitfalls of a Mass Effect movie, Spider-Man's video game woes, and more.

Cameron's clunky Avatar gamer metaphor, EA's Tiger Woods problem, Microsoft's indifference-inspiring Game Room, and more.

Atari has made Flash versions of some of their most popular games available on their site.

Daily Blips: Game News from July 2nd, 2009.