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The 10 Best Casual Games of 2010

The notion of "hardcore" and "casual" gamers in 2010 still feels a bit like something PR lackeys invented to arbitrarily split consumers into two different markets, but there's no denying that this year's bounty of casual games added legitimacy to titles catered to shorter play sessions.  read more

Paste Goes To PAX 2010

PAX, The Penny Arcade Expo September 3-5, 2010 Seattle, Wash. It’s Friday morning in Seattle and Warren Spector is on a roll. The legendary game designer has spent the past 15 minutes presenting his impressive resume, a personal history that in many ways mirrors the history of gaming itself. This fact is not lost on the sold-out crowd filling Benaroya Hall—from Dungeons & Dragons tabletop RPGs to classic videogames like Ultima, Deus Ex and Thief, each of his past projects elicits a cheer more enthusiastic than the one before it. They are cheering for him and his accomplishments, but they...  read more

Start Press: The High-Score Scourge

Videogames are fun. This is not breaking news. When we play games, we’re transported to different worlds and set free to explore. When we play games, the clock’s minute hand slows, blurs and then disappears entirely. Our brains are tickled, challenged to solve the puzzles and master the challenges presented to us by the game’s developers. There’s nearly unlimited potential for rhapsodic pleasure in a well-designed game. But lately I’ve been swearing at my games with unusual frequency, spitting out combinations of expletives that, to borrow the words of author Anne Lamott, would “make Jesus want to drink gin straight...  read more