Thanks to the efforts of companies like Electronic Arts, one could be forgiven for thinking that free-to-play games are anything but free to play, existing only to frustrate players and take their money....
Player engagement is a major factor in video games. Whether pushing the limits of graphics hardware or challenging players with overly complicated gameplay, games always try to engage the player. “Papers,...
When “Assassin’s Creed III” came out last year, regardless of the overall opinion of reviewers, many agreed that the sailing was an amazing part of the game. Taking those lessons to heart, Ubisoft...
Gamers and non-gamers unite! Pull out your t-shirts featuring Mario, Yoshi and your favorite superheroes. These highly recognizable characters have taken over graphic t-shirt designs in many stores. Now...
Developer: Cardboard Computer
Platform: Windows, Mac.
Price: $7 (Act I), $25 (Act I-V)
Some games fit nicely into square little boxes. They’re easy to describe, even easier to grasp, and disappear...
Sheehan Hannan, Arts & Entertainment Editor
• January 28, 2013
Publisher: Imangi Studios
Platform: iOS, Android, Amazone App Store
Price: Free
When it was initially released, the first Temple Run was an instant success, racking up 170 million downloads. It...
Owen Bell, Games and Tech Reporter
• December 15, 2012
I'll say right now that The Walking Dead is not a game for everyone. Based on the comic books of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Telltale Studio's The Walking Dead is one of the most striking video games...
Owen Bell, Games and Tech Reporter
• November 16, 2012
IBM’s Watson, the computer that won Jeopardy in 2011, will be going to school at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Unlike its time on national television,...
Owen Bell, Games and Tech Reporter
• November 9, 2012
The naked mole rat is a strange creature. Hairless, cold-blooded, and totally blind, mole rats live in the deserts of East Africa in colonies similar to those of ants. They have long puzzled biologists....
Owen Bell, Games and Tech Reporter
• November 2, 2012
It’s cold and raining at 9 a.m. on Oct. 27. Despite the weather, people are gathering at Nord Hall. They are here for the first Link-State, an annual conference held by the Case Western Reserve University...
