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Difficulty and challenge have been getting confused a lot. Here's the difference.

I started playing Far Cry 2 again and I only cried a little

Farewell letters to my fellow adventurers of Boletaria.

Nowadays, if something isn't exactly to players' likings, they yell, scream, and pout until they get their way. We are heading down a dark path toward our gaming future.

News Blips for Wednesday, April 11, 2012: The Better Business Bureau says BioWare "falsely advertised" Mass Effect 3; Dragon Ball Z for Kinect will power up over 9000 this October; and Atlus will shut down the online servers for Demon's Souls.

With Western franchises becoming more successful and influential, what will Japanese games need to do to regain our attention?

From Software's sequel to Demon's Souls uses currency to punish and reward players.

Arguably the best HD J-RPG of this generation, I'd recommend NIER to any player interested in deep characterization, unusual and well written story, and fresh, ever changing gameplay.

Games either want to hold your hand or leave you without any information at all. How can developers walk this fine line?

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is an ambitious and deeply flawed title. Unfortunately, the game fails on several levels at maintaining forward momentum.

I like hard games and am not afraid to say it.

Demon's Souls and Dark Souls have a reputation to uphold, so they're going to rough you up a little. But underneath those gruff exteriors lies a pair of beautiful and ugly little worlds rich with tales of the sort that only a video game can tell.

Dark Souls uses vulnerability in its online play to create genuinely horrifying thrills.

The first step is admitting that you need help. So join Bitmob's staff and community as we share our feelings about Dark Souls, From Software's super-deep, super-difficult action-RPG.

Zelda's and Metroid's embrace of open exploration and tantalizing discovery continues on in From Software's Dark Souls.

Amy Chua's parenting memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, offers insight into From Software's design philosophy for Dark Souls.

For Dark Souls, high difficulty sells. Read on to know why.

In contrast to the modern game's careful, designer-managed experience, Dark Souls treats players with the respect they deserve by trusting them enough to find their own enjoyment.

You've entered a video game store. Your quest: to find the perfect video game.

Is Dark Souls too hard? Will thinks that the problem isn't that the game is too hard, it's that the people playing it are dumb.