Something tells me the chances of us seeing officially licensed Dishonored LEGO are slim. Rats, murder, prostitutes…I don’t think it’s quite LEGO’s thing. But hey, where LEGO misses an opportunity, custo...

In a fit of frustration over Hotline Miami and the way gamers discuss violent games, I ended up talking to game critic/provocateur Cara Ellison. She adores Hotline Miami, you see. Originally I meant to consult her about a diffe...

Looking through our lamentable catalogue of stories in which a baby is killed when a parent or other caregiver has flown into a game-induced rage, most of them involve shaking. Two involved a strike to the body. In one, an infa...

Not that I didn’t want it here before. But come on. Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright teaming up to solve puzzles and investigate murder mysteries? I WANT IN. Layton vs. Ace Attorney is out in Japan tomorrow. Still no w...

The English department at Rice University, to my knowledge the only American university established by the murder of its benefactor (true story, actually) will next semester offer “Scandinavian Fantasy Worlds: Old Norse S...

Westpaw Films has decided to make a documentary looking at Gary Gygax and the creation of Dungeons & Dragons, an idea I approve of mightily. I think the rocky relationship between Gygax and TSR is worth exploring, and it...