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Whatever Fracture's breaking, it ain't new ground

Like diggin' ditches

By Gary Hodges
Oct 22, 2008

One of the oft-repeated historical curiosities about the Maya is that they conceived the wheel yet never found a practical application for it. Maya kids had wheeled toys and Maya calendars were imagined as wheels...yet when it came to hauling something, your average Maya just heaped his shit on a...
A Two-Point Plan to Save Gaming News

It's Campaign Season

By Gary Hodges
Oct 8, 2008

Two weeks ago, I described the links between one of gaming's biggest PR companies, TriplePoint PR, and a small gaming news and review site founded by TriplePoint's General Manager and founder Richard Kain (see "A Slave of Two Masters" at www.JoystickDivision.com, September 25). Though the site — GameCyte.com — was set...
Spore Isn't the Leap You've Been Led to Believe

The Revolution Will Be Televised

By Gary Hodges
Sep 24, 2008

After years of development and nearly as many years of hype, Spore has arrived — an event made so big by the association of Will Wright (SimCity, The Sims) and EA's impressive marketing efforts, even the non-gaming press was reporting it, happily parroting bits and pieces of press releases that...
Too Human's Long, Troubled Journey Is Finally at an End

By Gary Hodges
Sep 10, 2008

Well...I wish I could say I was surprised. Too Human, simply put, pretty much blows — probably not a great shock to anyone who follows gaming with even a passing interest. For years now, everything seen and heard about the beleaguered title seemed to reinforce the vibe it was doomed...
Braid Changes the Game

Not settling for clever play, Braid reinvents how to tell a story, too

By Gary Hodges
Aug 27, 2008

In the 25 years or so I've been playing games, never once have I encountered an earnest conversation about what a game means. You see every other sort of discussion — people talking about how a game looks, or how it plays, how long or short or difficult or easy...

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