This Week's Waste of Time

Virtual fireworks can't be banned

"...Nothing? Perfect. That means more time to devote to video games, more specifically, free video games. This Week's Waste..."

June 30, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

My Obsession: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

Streaming the wildly popular video game and discovering a randomly generated reality show

"...I often found myself watching older, bolder peers play video games. As Ataris became Nintendos (which would upgrade to..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Screens Column by James Renovitch

The Week in Gaming Events

You will have to leave the house

"...visual arts, or even some dance jams with your video games then here are a couple of upcoming goings-on..."

June 15, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

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Free Internet Gaming – Bad Trip Edition

"...What happens when you abandon most of video gaming's strictures instead opting for a more "everything and..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

'Major League Baseball 2K7' for the Xbox 360 Fails to Reach Nirvana

"...featuring Nirvana's "Breed." I'm a huge fan of baseball, video games, and Kurt Cobain, but while I can think..."

March 29, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Street Fighter

"...in an ongoing cavalcade of action/adventure films based on video games (the first, you surely remember, was Super Mario..."

Jan. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This Week's Waste of Time

Prepare to die (a lot) with this week's free browser game

"...to set itself apart from other running and jumping games developers offer players a unique game mechanic to spice..."

May 27, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

This Week's Waste of Time

Free Gaming Via Adult Swim

"...on top of it. And the same goes for video games...."

July 7, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

This Week's Waste of Time

A quick browser game made quickly.

"...Do you even know what you missed? Well, 1500 video games were made in one weekend. Here in Austin,..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Battle Chasers and Darksiders

Joe Mad talks ESRB versus Comics Code before Wizard World

"...the industry and moved to Austin to co-found Vigil Games, the creators of Darksiders. The man known as Joe..."

Nov. 13, 2010 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

The Cinema Comes to Pinballz Kingdom

Arcade opening its first drive-in this weekend

"...of Pinballz, you'll probably think of the zap of video games and the cling-cling-ping of ball bearings on bumpers...."

Aug. 26, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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Pikachu: From Slave to Freedom Fighter. Seriously.

"...gonzo publicity, and their forays into the world of video games is no exception. For some reason they are..."

Oct. 11, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

SXSW Announces Gaming Awards Winners

From Nintendo blockbusters to local faves

"...In a great year for video games, the SXSW Gaming Awards ceremony honored everything from..."

March 17, 2018 SXSW Post by James Renovitch

Left Behind

The Omnibeast – and a sect of video-art zealots at UT – is hungry

"...There are wires draped and tangled throughout the area, video-game controllers piled up against a stone wall. The Summoners..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

One in a Crowd: Sword of Gary 6000

Local Renaissance man Zach Hall looks to Kickstart a video game

"...design and animation work, and now he’s Kickstarting a video game...."

Feb. 3, 2016 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The Realities of Virtual Reality

Locals look into virtual reality and see more than video games

"...On the surface, it doesn't seem all that unique. Games about zombies and cars are a dime a dozen...."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

This Week's Waste of Time

A free browser game without all the guilt

"...shirt on my back, but it also extends to video games. Today's Waste of Time, is another free browser..."

Sept. 30, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Incentives and R-Rated Entertainment

Amid bigger scandals, lawmaker plays the movie morality card again

"...try the old conservative whipping boy of film and video games instead...."

Jan. 21, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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Take a bad trip courtesy of the Web

"...acid-induced art recently to call it a trend. For video games, it's Acid Couch, and it's this week's waste..."

Sept. 16, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

'NBA 2K9' Looks Fabulous

2K Sports' newest basketball sim impresses visually with more than adequate gameplay

"...utterly shocked when I told her it was a video game on the screen, and not an actual TV..."

Oct. 30, 2008 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Playing on the Past

"...dull ache in your button thumb --a remembrance of video games past...."

June 11, 1999 Screens Feature by Chris Baker

J.C. Herz's Multi-track Mind

Have We Become a Joystick Nation?

"...from my mom to buy Space Invaders." Discussions of video games strike some primal chord within our psyches that..."

March 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Adrienne Martini

The Full Monty

With the release of 'RWBY,' Monty Oum is officially Rooster Teeth's rock star

"...you could have been convinced that Austin-based independent Web video production company Rooster Teeth was Disney and Warner Bros...."

July 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

The Best Online Casinos: From Real Money Gambling Sites to Free Online Slots

Ranking the best casino sites of 2021

"...casinos in the USA offer attractive welcome packages, exciting games and the chance to win real money. They’re also..."

July 15, 2021 Ads Post

Game Boy

Local development company Game Titan grows up, but stays young at heart

"...When Eric Kinkead got his start as a video game programmer, the cartridge was king and a joystick..."

July 19, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Tracking the Next Big Things at SXSW Gaming

Beyond playtime: where the developers and designers will be at SXSW

"...billions – of people regularly coming into contact with games and the communities surrounding them. But this is also..."

March 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Tucker Whatley

Crowdsourcing Medical Data Through Gaming

UT’s Simulation and Game Applications Lab helps researchers reach further

"...Video games have changed the way we play, but they..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Screens Feature by felix morgan

Ernie Cline Gets His Game on With Armada

Novelist Ernie Cline's Eighties arcade love fuels his new sci-fi blockbuster, Armada

"...up that kind of unexpected success? With alien invaders, video games, and yet more riffs on Eighties pop culture..."

July 31, 2015 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

Down the Rabbit Hole

The weird, ever-evolving world of ARGs

"...a textbook case of paranoid schizophrenia, the alternate reality games industry calls Hon's seemingly mistaken discovery the act of..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

Stop Writing ...

and Start Storytelling

"...text was good enough to immerse players in a video game. That's not to say a text adventure like..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Joey Seiler

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