5 Business Lessons to Learn from Mario and Donkey Kong

Jul 6, 2014 | The Fast Track

As of July 9, it’s been 23 years since Mario and the bellicose King Kong clone appeared in gaming arcades and then spread to our home consoles like kudzu. Since Donkey Kong(the first Mario game) appeared, we’ve go-carted, golfed, and liberated oppressed princesses in...

The Real Reason ‘The Last of Us’ Deserves An 8 Out Of 10 (Spoilers)

Jun 17, 2013 | Forbes

Warning: This articles describes parts of the end of The Last of Us, including one of the climactic scenes. If you plan to play the game, you have been warned.
 When videogame reviewers receive advanced copies of games, they come with the condition that we’re...

How Long Does It REALLY Take To Play A Videogame?

May 29, 2013 | Forbes

Handyman. Faster than me. Updated: How long does it take to play a videogame, really? It depends. Are you a completionist who wants to explore every nook and cranny of the game developers’ devising? Or do you want to power through a game, just to see how it...

Why ‘Aliens: Colonial Marines’ Is a Better Bad Game than ‘Star Trek’

Apr 30, 2013 | Forbes

And the winner is…not us. Aliens: Colonial Marines (A:CM) is a videogame that received mostly poor reviews when it was released on February 12, 2013. Star Trek is a videogame that received mostly poor reviews when it was released last week. As they’re both based...

Why Do Gamers Play One Game for Hundreds, Even Thousands of Hours?

Jan 11, 2013 | Forbes

Endless Ocean: Blue World (EO:BW) is a Wii game that takes approximate eight to twelve hours to complete. Not Viki Kelly. She’s been playing EO:BW for over 250 hours. She’s far from finished. With an ocean to explore and sealife to explore it with, Kelly doesn’t see...