The Scythian from Sword and Sworcery/Mona Lisa! For all my dislike of that game I still find this genius!

This...

Wow that was kind of depressing... I do feel bad for the guy. He made a game that a ton of people loved and a ton of people hated and that sorta ruined his life. Interesting to see that success isn't all it's cracked up to be, but we should never discourage devs from making games.

Making it a utility seems like a bad idea. Ever dealt with PG&E? I think government-enforced internet monopolies is step down from what we've got now. Seriously, people, Google Fiber is only a few years away. Things aren't at their best right now but they're going to get better.

Second, for good or ill, Flappy Bird had become controversial. Last week, my fellow reporters and I noticed some chatter on Twitter about how the game and Nguyen's other titles had suddenly risen in popularity. We saw people suggesting that Nguyen may have used bots—computer programs that would repeatedly download…

I clicked on the link and I had heard the allegation before, but I'm not quite convinced its a complete rip off of Piou Piou. Copter-style games have been around so long that it's now a genre, and it just makes sense to make a bird-based one. Yes, it does look bad with both featuring a yellow bird, but with the…

His assets weren't stolen, just imitated. Yes, the green pipes are iconic Mario symbols, but he made those assets himself. There is a bit of difference here that he isn't just copying a general art style but a specific object, but he hasn't broken any laws or copyrights. Should he have used something else? Yeah, he…

Well plenty of people think sending him hate messages on twitter is a proper response to this, and they're absolutely wrong. And bragging? He revealed his income in an interview with The Verge when asked about it and not to taunt people on twitter. From reading his twitter feed, he seemed both bewildered and humble…

Is this seriously what we want? Game developers being tormented by both success and hate to the point of taking their games down or leaving the industry? Between this and Phil Fish, I'd say this is becoming a habit in the gaming community. We should comment on the quality and originality of his games, but…

Tails looked pretty good, I thought.

I feel the same way! They just don't "get" me anymore... I have so much childhood nostalgia invested in Nintendo's eventual downfall and the articles on how to fix it but now I just sigh when the next generation of Nintendo complaints roll in. I want to be in their market again, but they really need to innovate.

Five years later, enter Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift, a game with a dumb title and an equally dumb premise—school kid gets detention; finds magical book; teleports into fantasy world where he is suddenly an expert fighter and monster hunter. This is why you should never judge a video game by its name…

"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio... Wait, he was a Nazi? Maybe I didn't know him as well as I thought..."

Any good? I've heard it's a bit simplistic compared to other TRPG's, but I'm still looking forward to it.

Spelunkey (Vita): Or Spelunkey, which I've also been playing. I've finally crossed the threshold of people writing about this game and making me want to get deep into it. Doug Wilson's epic-length article over at Polygon about the Eggplant Run was just too cool. I want to have a better grasp of this game, because more…

Awesome article, Tina!I'm a college student and have run into some of the same problems, minus the spouse and kids. I used to play Brawl and other great multiplayer games with my friends a ton freshman year, but lately getting everyone's schedule's to mesh so we can all play together is just impossible. As much as I…

The battle inside Harrison Ford's mind...

Quite true. Take a look at Ben Kuchera of the Penny Arcade Report. Developers fly him out to their studios and practically throw their stuff at him. That's what comes with having the Penny Arcade name attached to yours. Yet still I found him one of the best names in video game journalism. No offense to Kotaku. …