This post is a participant of Michael R. Rousseau's July "Bitmob Writing Assignment". I was tasked with responding to a few faux emails from fictitious readers of a false magazine.

One gamer's Christmas wish list consists only of improvements to the Xbox Live service.

Jon died -- a lot -- while playing Modern Warfare 2, which meant that when the story killed off some characters, the emotional impact had dulled. Do developers need to reconsider the concept of death in shooters?

It's time the gaming industry embraces the AO tag, and took story telling to the next level.

What one sound effect means to character design in Half-Life 2.