Opinion Railroad Tycoon: Learning Economics Through Games While I was working at the Pixelkin booth at the Seattle Retro Gaming Expo, I…Courtney HolmesJuly 8, 2014
Opinion With Heels Built Right In: Questioning Sexism in New Release Wildstar Wildstar, NCSoft’s new space fantasy MMORPG, was released this week. With the game’s cartoonish graphics…Linda BrenemanJune 6, 2014
Opinion There’s no Monopoly on Heroism in the Real World, or in The Secret World We have all imagined what it would be like to be gifted (or cursed) with…Simone de RochefortJune 2, 2014
OpinionTips for Parents Why Parents Should Study Up on “Realistic” Military Shooters The past decade has seen the rise of a previously nonexistent genre of video games…Simone de RochefortMay 15, 2014
OpinionTips for Parents Meeting in the Middle: How To Play With Someone Who Sucks at Video Games Although my husband Eric and I met while working for a video game company, our…Linda BrenemanMay 13, 2014
FeatureOpinionTips for Parents 3 Games That Will Increase Your Emotional IQ Most parents are aware that games can be used as educational tools, but many still…Linda BrenemanApril 25, 2014
FeatureOpinion You Should Play: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Editor's Note: This article was originally published on The Next, UW Bothell's student-run media blog.…Simone de RochefortFebruary 21, 2014
Opinion Journey Helps Players Find Strength in Weakness Editor's Note: Journey is one of our favorite games—it's mechanically simple but emotionally complex, and…Simone de RochefortFebruary 5, 2014
NewsOpinion Letting Girls Lead the Way in Game Design Earlier this week Taylor Soper posted a story in GeekWire about a massively cool program…Linda BrenemanJanuary 29, 2014
NewsOpinion Is the government spying on our gaming kids? An article in the New York Times December 9 detailed programs by U.S. and British spies…Linda BrenemanDecember 21, 2013
OpinionTips for Parents 6 History-Based Games You Should Play With Your Kids, Part 2 Click here if you missed part one. Last time, I talked about complex, strategy-oriented video…Simone de RochefortDecember 10, 2013
OpinionTips for Parents 6 History-Based Games You Should Play With Your Kids, Part 1 It’s no secret that video games have a bad rap as a hobby. The image…Simone de RochefortDecember 4, 2013