Yay Farmville, right?  Um, no thanks.  There is nothing that I dislike more than logging into Facebook only to see that the same person has about 800 posts about all the crappy things that he or she did in the social games that he or she plays.  That right there is an automatic friend delete and I do not care who you are.  I have deleted close friends and...

New trailers have been released, highlighting Battlefield 3′s biggest features prior to its October 25 debut date, and the game looks like it’s going to be sweet. Battlefield 3 gives players the power to rip chunks out of buildings, terrain, and vehicles thanks to Frostbite engine 2, by which it’s powered. Initial testing during the closed...

If the real stock market is too scary for you these days, as it is for a lot of people, you still have some recourse to the thrill of investment without having to risk all your real money in online forex trading, thanks to Empire Avenue, the Social Stock Market.  In this safe, virtual world you can grow social capital online. Social capital is imaginary...

The ubiquity of mobile gaming as a platform, combined with the plethora of new apps and games being released daily, has brought a whole new wave of gamers who don’t necessarily fit the mold of hardcore, console game devotees.  Do they still count as gamers, then?  Of course they do.  They’re playing games, after all.  Statistics are fairly easy...

Have you ever wondered whether you were becoming a bit too attached to your Realm in World of  Warcraft?  Maybe a little too involved with your characters or with a band of people you normally hang with in the game world?  Or, like most healthy gamers, do you simply enjoy the engagement and momentary escape for an hour or so a few times a week and still...