Ten Video Game Characters We Hate Playing As

Video game characters aren't completely defined by their personalities and dialogue. Sometimes gameplay mechanics also shape our opinion of our favorite (or least favorite) protagonists. Lame gimmicks and bad controls can ruin even the coolest characters. Here are ten characters we started hating as soon as we picked up the controller. Name: Subject Delta Game: BioShock 2 Why We Hate Him: What's ...

Your Business: Monkey business leads to games success

The New Zealand video game development industry grew by 46 per cent last year, boosted by the huge growth of smartphone and online gaming, according to a survey of developers.Ninja Kiwi Games, one of the country's most successful...

Video game field yields artistic entertainment

Video games. Whether you’re playing a level of “Angry Birds,” watering some plants in “Farmville” or shooting some friends in “Call of Duty,” you are participating in one of the fastest-growing entertainment businesses in the world. Video games. Every day, hundreds of millions of people play them. From the early days of “Pong” has emerged [...]

MSU students, professors bring Big Ten rivalry to gaming world

Students, alumni and anyone on the Internet can help Sparty take on unfriendly rival snowmen in a new video game produced by MSU students. With the help of telecommunication, information studies and media associate professor Brian Winn, a group of graduate and undergraduate students working at the Games for Entertainment and Learning, or GEL, Lab recently produced Grumpy Snowmen ­— a game ...

How the Video Game Was Born [Design]

# design This year, the video game turns 40. Let's call it an occasion to spend a few more hours in front of our TVs, the place where it all started. More »