Video Games
We Don't Need the Federal Government To Save Kids From Video Game 'Loot Boxes'
Senator proposes telling publishers what virtual products they can and cannot sell to children.
Why Jordan Shapiro Plays Video Games With His Kids
Nick Gillespie speaks with author Jordan Shapiro about his book The New Childhood
Will This Violent, Mediocre Video Game Help Rebuild Notre Dame?
Assassin's Creed Unity included a surprisingly accurate digital replica of the famous cathedral.
Prince Harry Blames Fortnite Addiction, Social Media for the World's Ills
Maybe people are just playing to escape all the Brexit news?
White Plains, New York, Will Finally End Its Ban on Amusement Arcades
Pinball and Pac-Man: no longer illegal.
Violent Video Games Don't Make Players More Violent IRL
New study trashes crappy consensus correlating gaming violence and aggression in real life
Pennsylvania Lawmaker Calls for Thoroughly Unconstitutional Tax on 'Violent' Video Games
It's not about school safety-it's about the money.
This 2008 Video Game Is an Oddly Prescient Cautionary Tale About Venezuelan Intervention
In Mercenaries 2, China and the U.S. fight over pieces of Venezuela, before the entire country is wrecked by a nuclear warhead.
Red Dead Redemption 2 Has First Amendment Right to Use Pinkertons As Villains
Popular video game should prevail in lawsuit over its depiction of the infamous detective agency.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Greatest Video Game Ever, Turns 20
OoT is a game about growing up-a useful metaphor for its foundational position in the history of adult video gaming.
Fallout 76 Will Trigger Your Existential Crisis
Unlike previous entries in the series, the new, online-only game never justifies its own existence.
Call of Duty Is the Best Sporting Event in the World
A sports-averse quasi-pacifist finds his happy place: an esports sensation dedicated to simulating shooting people in the face.
Venom Feels Like a Relic From When Hollywood Didn't Know How To Make Superhero Movies
The dull new movie makes for a marked contrast with the delightful new Spider-Man video game.
Fortnite Probably Won't Make Your Child a Neo-Nazi
But that's the story major news sites used.
Multiple People Killed in Shooting at Jacksonville Video Game Tournament
An unidentified suspect has been reported dead at the scene.
High Schooler Faces Prison, Expulsion for Shooting Fake Zombies
Play an augmented-reality zombie shooter in a school halllway, go to jail.
My Teenage Video Game Obsession Wasn't 'Gaming Disorder'
I was a gay teen in the 1980s, hiding from a terrifying world in an arcade. The WHO's push to uniquely pathologize gaming won't help people like me.
The EU's New Privacy Rules Are Already Causing International Headaches
It's not just email spam; GDPR has led companies to shut down access to sites and games.
Video Game Company Valve's New Content Policy for Online Store Steam Is Amazing
The company's hands-off, user-centered approach is a model other content platforms would do well to emulate.
Steam Pulls Video Game Active Shooter—and Permanently Bans the Developer
The virtual school simulator would have allowed players to play as either "the good guy or the bad guy."
Westworld Review: 'Shogun World' Is a Video Game, and Maeve Is Leveling Up
"Akane No Mai" is about video game characters, and who's really in control.
Beware Censorship by Proxy
Prodding private companies into self-censorship is a dangerous government tradition.
Liberal Professor: Video Games Promote 'Toxic Meritocracy'; Wouldn't It Be Great If They Had More Pure Luck?
Mario Party is not a great game.
President Trump To Meet with Video Game Makers Because…FBI Failed To Follow Up on Nikolas Cruz?
Politicians love to find scapegoats for mass shootings, especially if it lets them exonerate law enforcement and the social welfare state.
Trump Wants to Meet with Video Game Industry Leaders to Complain About Gun Violence That's Not Their Fault
No, Call of Duty is not making kids shoot up schools.
Assassin's Creed: Games with a Libertarian View of the World
A look into the philosophy of Ubisoft's long-running franchise.
Trump Recycles False Claim that Video Gaming Causes School Shootings
Attacking violent video games is useless political theater.
California Demands Money from Gatorade to Protect Water from Slander
Silly mobile game pisses off nannies, costs company $300,000.
Milwaukee County Sued For Requiring 10 Page Permit Application to Play Pokemon Go in Public Park
Do augmented reality games get First Amendment protections like books, movies, and traditional video games?
How Would You Behave If the World Was Ending?
Apparently most folks would be nicer to each other.
Pot, Video Games, Whatever. Teens Must Be Addicted to Something, Says Expert.
How to turn good news about today's youths into a demand for more government studies.
Samsung Tries to Use DMCA to Take Down GTA V Mod with Exploding Note 7
Copyright claims as censorship.
Overzealous Washington State Gambling Regulators Target Popular Video Game Developer
Valve's Steam platform's been used by players to facilitate games of chance, and the company is in hot water with regulators who want their skim as a result.
Violent Video Games Don't Cause Gamers to Stick More Pins in Voodoo Dolls
Another study finds that playing violent video games does not increase aggression
Is Pokemon Go the Most Libertarian Game Ever Made?
Credit Pokemon Go's success to its lack of rules and regulations.
Video Game Developers Spent Three Years in Legal Fight to Use Trademarked Word 'Sky' in Title
Release of No Man's Sky was delayed nearly two months.
Bondholders Never Bothered to Vet Curt Schilling's 38 Studios' Finances Because They Knew Taxpayers Would Pay
Taxpayer-guaranteed loans (with interest) are always a safe bet for lenders.
Virtual Reality Will Turn Kids into Zombies! Just Like Movies, Advertising, Video Games, and Rock Music Did!
Is it too soon to panic over a thing kids barely have access to, yet? No, don't be silly.
USC Cancelled an Awesome Video Game Panel for Including Too Many Men
Administrators said the decision puts them "on the right side of history."
How Kids Build, Learn, and Resolve Their Fights in a Video Game World
Anarchy, Minecraft, and utopia
