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On the eve of the 2012 Presidential Election, our panel of iconic game characters takes a vote on the entire democratic process.

What's it going to take for the Wii U to get respect as a hardcore game console? For starters, it has to give up hardcore games and go Nintendo-core.

Obama vs. Romney: Fight! Our panel of iconic game characters weigh in with their totally nonpartisan predictions for the next presidential debate.

Classic games may have broken new ground and created important innovations, but that doesn't mean they've withstood the test of time.

Sony's decision to release a whole new PlayStation 3 model right at the end of the PS3's life cycle seems risky, but the odds are in its favor.

The iPhone 5 is (kinda almost) here, and our panel of game icons breaks down the excitement from Apple's announcement conference.

Of the hundreds of indie developers vying for attention and approval on Steam's new Greenlight page, these 10 caught our eye...and might get our money, too.

The 2012 election coverage available on Xbox Live is an important first step into the 21st century, but there’s plenty of room for improvement.

Our intrepid gang of iconic game characters circles in on the greatest teaser trailer in gaming history: Press Reset: The Story of Polygon.

Video-game dialogue is usually awesome, silly, or both, but here are five examples of when it turned out to be revolutionary.

The controversy over Borderlands 2's "girlfriend mode" overlooks what it really is...and just how important it could be to the gaming industry's future.

Few things are as cheap and useless in game design than the collectible objects, but it's possible to actually make them an interesting -- even vital -- part of the game.

Death is a fact of life in video games, but here are the final moments of five characters that moved us far more deeply than anyone expected.

Halo 3: ODST stands as the red-headed stepchild of the Halo franchise, but it’s aged better – and worse – than you might think.

Every game's got a leaderboard, and odds are it's the most useless feature in the entire game...assuming it even works at all.

Did the San Diego Comic-Con bring the thunder? Our ever-wise panel of super-soldiers, aliens, and skeletal corpses judges the SDCC uber-geekery!

It's virtually impossible to lose a video game anymore, but there's an easy -- and permanent -- solution to reintroduce challenge, tension, and a true sense of accomplishment.

Call of Duty's industry-leading shooters might be great games, but they just don't win my loyalty the way Halo games do. Here's five reasons why.

The new voice actor just punctuates how much the Sam Fisher in Splinter Cell: Blacklist isn't the real deal.

Fireworks don't cut it when you blow up planets for a living. So how do gaming's greatest characters spend their 4th of July?