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Developers and gamers can benefit from the clear advantages of episodic gaming.

Gravity, much like our own world's existence, has been an in-play force since the origin of video games; however, its development has been limited by our subjective assumptions of its use.

Small yet irritating things that games do

Can a purely story-driven experience still deliver a compelling game?

In this week's Community Spotlight, we enter City 17 with Half-Life 2's intro, learn money matters in Secret of Evermore, spend an evening in the Old West with Gun Smoke, and more. Join us!

Creating a strong, memorable intro is no easy feat. Yet Valve managed to do so effortlessly with 2004's Half-Life 2, and without the use of of cutscenes. Here's how.

A group of gamers plan to protest Valve's unwillingness to talk about Half-Life 3 by playing Half-Life 2 all weekend.

Are the most common character portrayals of men and women in video games a problem?

Our panel of iconic game characters offers up a sensitive postmortem on the Stop Online Piracy Act.

Videogame romances are doomed unless built on companionship and commitment, two of the most under-appreciated elements in games.

More than 17,000 fans are demanding communication from Valve Software regarding their plans for the future of the Half-Life series.

Here are some of our favorite shooter guns of all time. Tell us yours, and we'll post some of your comments in an upcoming article!

In this season of peace, love, and family, what does a misanthropic horde of violence-prone loners do to mark the holidays?

Here are the five finalists for our Random-Headline Challenge! Read these ridiculous stories, then vote for your favorite.

Save science. Destroy science. Be science. Never before has a puzzle game attempted such daring feats.

These titles know how to make you feel in control while pulling the strings behind the scenes.

Crysis 2 is about more than just shooting aliens. Spoilers contained within!

The armor comes off and the zero suit reigns in Bitmob's Top Ten most controversial videogame plot twists. So cue the mountain dew spit take and prepare to blog your indignation away.

Doom 3 came out to great reviews. Today it is often on the receiving end of harsh criticism. Does it deserve your attention, or, like the teleporter technology in the game, is it best left forgotten?