Taking Stock: The Gibson-Goldstein Index
Piracy
A controversial editorial argues that the effects of PC piracy are "overblown." Hang in there old chum, you'll be everyone's favorite scapegoat again soon.
Consoles
The Xbox 360 price drop does little to qualm concerns that the system is nearing its graphical limit and that consoles are bad for the industry.
Censorship
Control freaks rejoice as Thailand bans five "dangerous games," while Dead Space is apparently blocked from sale elsewhere.
Joss Whedon Fans
Word of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer MMO results in a delay for the sci-fi western stylings of the Firefly MMO. Is Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along MMO next?
Hollywood
The Max Payne movie? Still looking good.
The Delay Tag
The all-powerful delay tag takes a hit as Dead Space rebels and actually gets bumped up a few weeks. What hath EA wrought?
Pew Pew
The latest StarCraft 2 screenshots keep the dream alive.
"We need to show the world that it's not just Blizzard who can make a great game, and that the audience is absolutely willing to try new things and to play a game other than WoW."
Mythic Entertainment VP Mark Jacobs on why Warhammer Online needs to be a success.
"Parents who use video games as a babysitter shouldn't have sex to begin with."
Former Nintendo marketing VP Perrin Kaplan speaks out against lazy parents.
"She just knew, from playing Grand Theft Auto. She saw on there that when a car rolls over, it can blow up. She knew that could happen to us."
Mother Karen Norris explains how Grand Theft Auto helped 11-year-old daughter Audrey Plique save her family.
