The ability to become the biggest name in the industry while doing everything wrong is not unique to video games. Wizards of the Coast current rights holder to the most highly recognized tabletop roleplaying...

Post-traumatic stress disorder, nightmares, flashbacks, anxiety attacks, a feeling of a loss of security—some of the conditions a trained soldier can expect coming back from war. Now imagine being...

There is one industry where being terrible at your job seems to be the ticket to the top. Whether video or tabletop, the biggest game companies often seem to have little to no clue what they’re doing....

What we're reading is a new feature that will update every Thursday online. It will share the articles of the day that the Current staff is reading and our perspectives and thoughts on them. 9 Mainstream...

Students take to the Internet to rant, confess, and call each other out. Such are the confessions to be found on the American River Confessions Facebook page: “After almost two years of college...

Two gangs face off for war in the city streets. Explosions burst, blood flies and splashes, and bodies drop with sickening thuds. A woman invites a man in for coffee and they have sex. One of these...

For the price of freedom to play any game release, you could buy two used cars-or one, and a decent computer (and still play a lot of games). For the first 22 years of home gaming consoles, up to the...

Online class provider, Coursera, provides free courses that don’t transfer. Late priority for enrollment. A student body competing for limited class slots. Costly tuition. Classes cancelled for lack...

The console wars thunder into motion once more. Nintendo released the Wii U last year. The PS4 has just been announced. Fans wait with bated breath for Microsoft’s entry. But the biggest news in gaming...