Kotaku is running a story about GameStop letting staff play games and then selling them as new. I’m struggling to get worked up about this. But I loved GameStop’s corporate speak. Kotaku quotes the company policy regarding...

The BBC reports today that Richard Thornhill bought a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV for his 12 year old son on the Xbox 360, and was horrified to find four Ecstasy pills tucked away in the...

Will Wright has left Electronic Arts after 12 years. His departure is not just a challenge for EA: it will be a pivotal moment in the demise of the games publisher In a press release this morning, Electronic...

The BBC has a video report combining the betes-noire of tabloid journalists and ill-informed politicians: money-laundering bankers and computer games. Anti-money laundering training firm The Consulting Consortium has launched a game that puts players in the role...

The analysis and commentary on the OnLive service announced at GDC last month is all missing the point. OnLive isn’t aimed at consumers. It’s aimed at the only two potential customers in the world: Microsoft and Sony....

Venturebeat has just posted an interview with id CEO Todd Hollenshead. The key takeaways: John Carmack knocked up Wolfenstein 3D Classic for iPhone in two weeks. It wasn’t announced (Hollenshead didn’t even know Carmack was working on...

There’s been a lot of coverage in the past few days about the success and growth of social gaming. Some highlights: The FT reports that Facebook is the most popular gaming destination in the world with 200...