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Words with Friends

What the fuck?
Failure
By KARL STEVENS | February 10, 2012

Lame Games

The worst video games you can imagine.
Big Fat Whale
By BRIAN MCFADDEN | February 03, 2012

Let's start out by sharing how inauspiciously this adventure began — on a Tuesday evening, with both of us entirely bewildered by the South Portland Bingo Hall on John Roberts Road.
Embedded in South Portland's seven-nights-a-week bingo hall
By DEIRDRE FULTON AND NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | January 27, 2012

Review: Infinity Blade II

Nothing is better than playing a game that takes full advantage of its hardware.
Touch the future
By MITCH KRPATA | January 06, 2012

The games of winter

Despite a quiet January, this winter gives gamers much to look forward to: long-awaited sequels, promising original franchises, and even a new handheld system.
Sci-fi, fantasy, and Sony's new handheld
By MITCH KRPATA | December 30, 2011

Review: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

My introduction to The Elder Scrolls series involved watching a friend use the same spell over and over in a forest full of endlessly re-spawning rats, in an effort to level up his magical abilities.
The siren call
By MADDY MYERS | December 02, 2011

In Providence, Pokémon perseveres

Pokémon — the video-game, trading-card, and anime franchise — may have reached its high water mark in the late 1990s. But at the Rhode Island Convention Center in downtown Providence this past weekend, the 20th Century geekery lived.
Games
By STEPHEN BEALE | November 18, 2011

Man with a load of mischief

According to the Maine Sunday Telegram, gambling is OK in Biddeford or Washington County, but if it happens in Lewiston, it's pure evil.
Casinos: money and morals
By AL DIAMON | November 04, 2011

Review: Gears of War 3

Gears of War 3 should feel familiar. Except the female characters have guns now.
The COG's sordid past comes to light
By MADDY MYERS | October 07, 2011

Our games, ourselves

Action Speaks!, the panel discussion series at Providence art space AS220, continues its fall program with a look at the rise of video games.
Action Speaks!
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | October 07, 2011

Review: Shadows of the Damned

Over the next couple of months, you'll be bombarded with ads for big-budget games.
A new cult classic
By MITCH KRPATA | September 30, 2011

Taking gaming to the masses

Welcome to the first night of Barcraft Boston, where, a few times a month, video gamers take over the upstairs of the Greatest Bar to watch professionals battle it out in Starcraft 2 .
Laser Orgy
By DAVE BARKER | September 23, 2011

Review: Bastion

At the start of Bastion , the Narrator feels like a contrivance.
A Bastion of creativity for Xbox Live Arcade
By MITCH KRPATA | August 12, 2011

Don’t fear the sphere: The tao of wiffleball

If you're the type of person that spent your youth perfecting that Nomahh Garciaparra batting ritual, or you still find yourself bragging about the wicked riser you used to throw in your backyard, then head to Slater Park this weekend and show your stuf
The Sporting Life I
By DANIEL MCGOWAN | August 05, 2011

Children's Party at the Museum of Fine Art

The party games are a little ... different.
Hoopleville
By DAVID KISH | August 05, 2011

Review: Child of Eden

Although the list of video game auteurs is short, few would deny Tetsuya Mizuguchi a spot.
Sensory overload
By MITCH KRPATA | July 29, 2011

Review: InFamous 2

InFamous 2 is the worst game I couldn't stop playing since — well, since inFamous 1 .
Power out
By MITCH KRPATA | June 24, 2011

Review: Outland

Rare is the game whose controls are so finely calibrated that the gamepad seems to vanish from your hands. Outland , a downloadable sidescroller for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, is such a game.
Inspiration meets execution
By MITCH KRPATA | June 04, 2011

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