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With the recent release of Freem Fortress 2, an influx of new players have been not capturing points and not looking over their shoulders. Alas, proper conduct in Team Fortress 2 is a learning process. But some lessons are best taught rather than learned under penalty of respawn timers.

Valve has a bad habit of absorbing games, their mechanics and their designers. In fact, almost all of Valve's have come from that process. I break down Valve's release history and try to decide whether or not this Valve model is a good thing.

A lifelong PC gamer shares his story about overcoming bias to expand his horizons and enjoy a console.

This week in video-game history pays tribute to some stellar game releases, most of which occurred in Japan. Oh well, things will liven up next month!

As games evolve, they tend to take one of two paths: generalism or specialism. Which works better and why?