How soap bubbles inspired the unique puzzle game mechanic in Tiny Bubbles Stuart Denman’s grandfather was a metallurgist for the Manhattan Project. While looking at molten metals under a microscope, he noticed… Read More
Indie survival game ‘The Flame in the Flood’ finds new life on Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch may be the most indie-friendly game console the company has ever released. Every week more and more indie… Read More
Sony sells 5.9M PS4 consoles worldwide during holidays, tops 73M units to date Sony says it sold 5.9 million PlayStation 4 game consoles during the holiday shopping season, bringing the total installed base… Read More
My holiday gamble: Can video games help shift my daughter’s view of technology? After Christmases dominated by all manner of crafty and conventionally-girlie gifts — paint sets, a sewing machine, an American Girl… Read More
Meet the Seattle composer who scored the latest ‘Call of Duty’ blockbuster video game A video game changed the life of Wilbert Roget, II. Roget was raised in Philadelphia, and began receiving classical piano… Read More
Closure of Runic Games puts another dent in Seattle’s video game scene The closure of Runic Games, the Seattle-based video-game studio that created the popular dungeon crawlers Torchlight and Torchlight II, is… Read More
‘Halo Wars 2’ shoots for a Grammy, and composers score with music made for video games It’s safe to say, film fans, that a large part of the enjoyment derived from watching movies comes from listening… Read More
45 years after first-ever gaming tournament, Seattle museum hosts vintage Spacewar! Olympics Modern video game competition has become a huge money maker, with pro players and teams battling in different e-sports and… Read More
‘Fake news’ video game HEADLINER lets players destroy society with propaganda I can’t decide if I like HEADLINER or not. It’s an addictive game — when I sat down to try it… Read More
Super NES Classic Edition sells out quickly despite heavy launch shipments This morning’s launch of Nintendo’s latest retro mini-console, the Super NES Classic Edition, was a lot less frustrating for gamers… Read More
PAX West in retrospect: The most exciting and surprising indie games Now that I’ve had plenty of time to recover from four solid days of PAX West over Labor Day weekend… Read More
PAX Panel: eSports has a mental health problem, and the entire industry needs to team up to fix it Top eSports stars may not end their battles with the same bumps, bruises and breaks as other top-level athletes do,… Read More
Geek of the Week: Ty Taylor solved the puzzle and found success with his indie video games The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild sounds like an organization where scientists might gather to stare into telescopes. In fact, Quantum is… Read More
Nintendo announces Super NES Classic Edition with surprise ‘Star Fox’ sequel, coming in September Rumors that Nintendo would release a Super NES follow-up to its successful NES Classic Edition have been circulating for months,… Read More
Seattle Police end use of Twitch video game channel after controversy over shooting discussion The Seattle Police Department is ending its use of the Twitch online video game streaming service as a form of… Read More
Hey, parents: Don’t worry if your kids love competitive video games, says former NBA star Many parents have serious trepidation when it comes to video games, fearing that the content will lead to violent impulses, inactivity… Read More
Can’t wait for Super Mario Odyssey? Play 5 games that let you possess enemies and other characters Perhaps the most intriguing thing revealed in Nintendo’s E3 presentation on Tuesday was Mario’s new possession ability in the upcoming… Read More
Xbox One X vs. Nintendo Switch: 2017’s new gaming consoles couldn’t be more different What’s the key to the gaming crown, pushing more pixels or enabling unique experiences? With Sunday’s unveiling of the Xbox… Read More
Podcast Geared Up: Microsoft’s Xbox One X is powerful, but is it worth the big price tag? The Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3, is in full swing this week. It’s as one of the biggest… Read More
Four new Video Game Hall of Fame inductees shaped the gaming industry and pop culture The World Video Game Hall of Fame announced a new class of inductees on Thursday, and the titles are sure to… Read More
Mozak turns brain cell mapping into video game, thanks to UW and Allen Institute A game called Mozak is turning thousands of Internet users into “tracers” who help neuroscientists map out the tangled circuitry of brain… Read More
U.S. Supreme Court set to hear arguments in decade-old Xbox 360 scratched-disc case The U.S. Supreme Court is planning to hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by Xbox 360 users against Microsoft over scratched… Read More
Twitch announces new desktop app that builds upon community hub Curse Twitch is continuing its push into social media, announcing Thursday that it will rebrand the Curse app, a communication hub… Read More
Twitch ‘Pulse’ adds Facebook-like social media tool to streaming giant’s front page Twitch just got a lot more social. On Monday, the Amazon-owned video-game streaming company rolled out a new social media tool… Read More
Meet President Obama’s former video game guru, now helping shape Seattle’s tech education efforts For Mark DeLoura, returning to Seattle after two years working for the White House was a blast from the past.… Read More
European Commission launches probe into Valve, other game publishers for alleged geo-blocking The European Commission is targeting Bellevue, Wash.-based video game company Valve in a new antitrust probe, officials announced Thursday. The… Read More
Are video games better than sex for relieving stress? Study says yes, for some men People are stressed. Unwinding, however, can be as easy as turning on your Xbox. In fact, gaming has become so… Read More
Wahoo! A Nintendo world is coming to Universal Studios If all you’ve dreamed about since plugging in your first N64 cartridge is attending an IRL Mario Party or smoking… Read More
Nintendo’s new NES Classic mini-console sells out instantly everywhere Hoping to get your hands on Nintendo’s latest “new” gaming system, the NES Classic Edition? Good luck. This morning the system was released to retail and sold out nearly instantly everywhere… Read More
Reflections of a 50-ish gamer: How I rediscovered video games, and what I learned in the process I thought my video gaming days were over. Most of the arcades were gone, and those that still existed were… Read More
