This just in: Gaming Journalism has lost its damn mind.
Today, v4vg.com announced that Microsoft is looking for a few new employees to work on “a new experience in the Halo universe.” “Microsoft is currently looking out for lead Designer(s), executive producer(s), lead environment artist(s),technical art director(s), senior concept artist(s), and an animation director(s) for their [...]

No column this week. Here’s a monkey:

I have been a Dungeon Master for many years, hanging out in people’s homes (sometimes their basements) until the wee hours of the morning, building tension and assisting small groups in working together to attain a rewarding ending.  Despite what you may be thinking, my dungeon mastering never involved whips and chains (which were a [...]

“So what will happen if, all of a sudden, it’s cool to be a gamer?”
I originally asked this question in my old college gaming column in April 2006.  Even back then, I had my mind on the social impact of an MTV-style invasion of an otherwise elite culture in which I felt I had earned [...]