The rise of eSports
The growth of electronic sports — better known as eSports — has been rapid over the last two years. The term eSports is an umbrella that describes the competitive gaming community […]
Stumbling into News Games
Heading into college, I was all about sports and that’s the main reason why my career path is dedicated to sports journalism. I lived football, breathed baseball, and thought about […]
The Storytelling Series: Narrative Mechanics in The Last of Us
This is the second post in a series on narrative in videogames. If you have not yet read the introduction to the series, we recommend you do so here. Discussions […]
Made for Teams: Design for Cooperative Play in Guild Wars 2, Part 1
Released in August 2012, ArenaNet’s Guild Wars 2 is a relative newcomer to the growing world of MMOs. An MMO, ormassively-multiplayer online game, is an internet-driven adventure populated by an […]
Review of Madden 25
Electronic Arts Sports and NFL Hall of Fame coach John Madden teamed up in 1988 to bring the first John Madden Football video game. That version was only available on the […]
The Storytelling Series: Why the Video Game?
From simple beginnings, stories have been created throughout time to fulfill particular niche roles: inspiring us to follow moral paths, maintaining our histories and our cultures, entertaining us, and helping […]
The Cake is a Lie: Easter Eggs in Video Games
What is an Easter egg? I finally understood what all the fuss was about. In addition to finally playing through Portal, I finally understood the reference to “the cake is […]
Opening the Lab
The Innovation Lab has been “in the works” now for most of a year. During this time the vision has continued to evolve in relation to the activity at the […]
