Yesterday, I wrote about the importance of storytelling within video games and why storytelling matters more than other components like graphics.  Video games are a unique medium in that players are able to virtually explore and interact with other worlds.  Instead of rehashing similar settings and themes to create more games about zombies, hack and slashers, military shooters, and fantasy world... more.

Mario eats mushrooms, Yoshi spits out turtle shells, RPG characters consume potions and ethers.  Food has a magical purpose in video games – improving stamina, restoring health and even bringing people back from the dead.  To be honest, I never thought much about the food in video games.  I just took it for granted that mushrooms could make Mario grow bigger and Phoenix Downs could restore li... more.

There has been a certain stigma attached to video games as parents question their impact on children.  However, more and more research has surfaced regarding the benefits of gaming, such as promoting a healthy diet, decreasing lazy eye in children, improving blurred vision for adults with amblyopia, and helping those with post-traumatic stress disorder.  In recent years, video games started achi... more.

It’s a bold declaration to call someone a war criminal, but the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) could very well be changing the scope of war video games forever, since all of us gamers are technically war criminals!  Ever shoot an unarmed person (POW)?  Ever inflict unnecessary injury?  Attack a church or mosque?  Torture, degrade, or otherwise treat a prisoner inhumanely?  ... more.