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This week on Press Pause, we discuss our favorite downloadable console games!

Did you hear Crystal Dynamics is making a new horror game? It was at Microsoft's E3 2011 conference, and it stars Lara Croft. You should check it out!

In this week's Mobcast, the San Francisco Bay Guardian's Peter Galvin joins Bitmob's Dan Hsu, Demian Linn, and Brett Bates. The group discusses the 3DS, the future of game-dedicated portable devices, the biggest industy-wide shifts of 2010, possible trends for 2011, and moments in games that left them feeling embarrassed or foolish.

In this episode of the Mobcast, former Electronic Gaming Monthly staffers unite! Bigpoint's Michael Donahoe joins Bitmob's Demian Linn, Greg Ford, and Dan Hsu. The crew discusses their best EGM memories, which titles they've been playing recently, which reviews they wanted to write but didn't, and their New Year's gaming resolutions.

The real Lara Croft may not hunt treasure, but she sure knows how to clean a crane!

Male gamers enjoy taking on the roles of strong protagonists. Why would women be any different?

This week I check out Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, which adjusts the franchise's awesome ideas for the better.

Why are reviewers who enjoyed Castlevania: Harmony of Despair being harsher on the game just because it's not following "the formula?"

Video Blips for July 20, 2010. Check out the different types of action found in Mafia 2, a developer's commentary on Disciples 3, the new creepy-crawly foes of Red Faction: Armageddon, and more.

Xbox Live's Summer of Arcade Line-up, an indie game criticizing the BP oil spill, the state of storytelling in games and more await in this edition of the Community Spotlight.

Nothing says summer like staying indoors with the blinds closed and playing video games! Starting in July, Microsoft will begin releasing one game a week, for five weeks; and while it’d be pretty hard to beat last year’s releases for the Summer of Arcade event (Mavel Vs Capcom 2, ‘Splosion Man, Trials HD), the line-up is looking surprisingly good.

It's time we went back and looked at what made the original Tomb Raider great, and why it should be done in more games.

Video Blips for May 17, 2010. Check out the new Tomb Raider game, rather, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, a trailer (and release date) for Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, the funny debut of Marvel Super Hero Squad Online, and more.

How can indie developers find more independence and increased financial success? A possible solution may come from a surprising place: the organic foods industry.

What's it like to attend your first game conference as press? I navigate the games, middleware, audio equipment, and giant virtual-reality hamster balls of the Game Developers Conference to give my impressions.

The first thing you should know about the upcoming isometric, co-op, downloadable game Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light: This isn't your father's Tomb Raider. In fact, it's not even a Tomb Raider game at all -- notice those words conspicuously absent from the title. What is it, then? It's the best thing to happen to Lara Croft in years.