Over the last few weeks, I created a computer game set in the Arctic. Or maybe I've been working on it since 1981. It all depends on how you count. All I know for sure is that I programmed the ...

Graphics in games don’t improve in a steady, gentle slope. They jump. Someone ships a look that feels like it arrived from five years ahead, and then everyone else has to scramble to match it, ...

Tutorials might well be the bane of the video game industry's existence. Teaching a player how to do something is surprisingly difficult to do. Even if a developer crafts an educational and ...

The Texas Lottery launched a new suite of holiday-theme scratch ticket games worth more than $78.1 million in total prizes. There are four new scratch-off games available wherever tickets are sold.

The good news is that you don’t have to wait for the next Mass Effect with nothing to do. While Commander Shepard’s return is still somewhere beyond the Mass Relay, plenty of other games offer an ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. In 2014, BlueEagle Productions released Super Panda Adventures, a side-scrolling game in the tradition of a few classic NES games like Super Mario ...

Ron Gilbert is back! The adventure game mastermind has returned after several years away from the gaming director’s chair. Death by Scrolling is his latest fare, and rather than going for the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This game takes you through your entire school career. You’ll choose which classes to attend, ...

Awesome Games Studio has announced HELLREAPER, a side-scrolling action game coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam. A release date was not announced. Here is an overview of the game, ...

There would have been a time back in the day when a new game by Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, and Double Fine alumni Ron Gilbert would have been up there with the mega announcements. Alongside the ...

Battle waves of enemies and stay one step ahead of the Grim Reaper in Death By Scrolling, a new game vertical scrolling RPG from Ron Gilbert. Can you save the $10,000 you need to pay the ferryman?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jess Cording is a dietitian and health coach who covers wellness. Have you ever found your focus and your mood completely derailed ...