Latest articles by Rich Stanton
1980s court documents show Nintendo considered 'Kong Dong' and 'Kong the Kong' before settling on the name Donkey Kong
news Also: Funky Kong is sadly much more canon than we ever realised.
Late Microsoft co-founder's treasure hoard of artefacts to be auctioned, includes a letter Einstein sent to Roosevelt that ultimately led to the Manhattan Project
news As per Allen's wishes, all proceeds will go to philanthropy.
John Romero says that what set Wolfenstein and Doom apart 'was our speed—the speed of the game was critical'
news "That's what really differentiated them from everyone else."
Tim Cain reveals his involvement in the cancellation of Interplay's Fallout 3: 'I don't think it would have been a game you would have liked playing'
news All aboard the Cain train for a tale of what might have been.
War Thunder somehow released official art with the debris cloud of the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster as background
news Really not a good look.
Zero-G PvP shooter that sold 100K in a day is closing after a year—publisher blames developer, developer blames them right back, players just review bomb it
news Boundary met its limits.
Xbox executives just cannot give a straight answer to questions about Tango Gameworks
news "What leadership do you have?"
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's release has busted the Seamless Co-op mod, but its creator has a fix incoming 'as soon as possible'
news "Please understand that I work long hours."
The original Counter-Strike mod is 25 years old, Valve calls it 'the greatest videogame ever made'
news I'm not going to argue with that.
Huh: SimCity 2000's library has an essay about cities written by Neil Gaiman
news Best SimCity remains best SimCity.
Monster Hunters can now flatten everything with the Sax-a-Boom, a toy instrument best-known for a Jack Black skit
news This is not the greatest hunting weapon ever invented… this is just a tribute.
Fetch the popcorn: US government sues Adobe, says it's 'trapped' consumers with a subs model that's 'absurdly hard to cancel' and 'ambushed' them with late fees
news The US Department of Justice alleges Adobe "hides" cancellation fees and makes it deliberately difficult to cancel subscriptions.
Todd Howard says Bethesda won't be remaking the first Fallouts because 'some of the charm of games from that era is a little bit of that age'
news "As long as you can download it, as long as it loads up and runs, I think I'd like people to experience it the way it was."
Hero coder finds bug in Lunar Lander after 55 years—'I suspect everybody else was just happy to play the game and have fun'
news "Digging in, I was amazed by the sophisticated physics and numerical computing in the game."
As the newly released World of Warcraft was dominating the 2000s, Blizzard's then-president had his own priorities—working on StarCraft 1 patches
NEWS The Blizzard co-founder couldn't keep away from the RTS classic.
Bill Gates has written a book about his childhood called, you guessed it, Source Code
news He plans two further volumes, one about Microsoft and another about philanthropy.
Terraria creator has a new 'no questions asked' refund policy: 'Personally defeat me in PvP'
news Unfortunately he's quite good at it.
Metal Gear Solid Delta's producer is up for the challenge of reviving one of gaming's greatest series, and wants fans along for the ride: 'Please keep watching, and keep us honest'
news Kept you waiting, huh.
Helldivers players now have to choose between unlocking a sweet new weapon or going in to save a 'Hospital for Very Sick Children'
news We're going to save the kids, right? Right?!?
Our 13 favorite games from the 2024 summer gaming showcases
best in show After seeing what felt like hundreds of games, we've picked a few that really stood out.
Casper Van Dien is loving the Starship Troopers renaissance but finds it mind-boggling some still take it at face value: 'My grandfather fought against the Nazis, and it's not a pro-war film—Everybody f***ing dies!'
news "Quentin Tarantino talked to me for five hours about why Starship Troopers is one of the best movies ever made."
Casper Van Dien says Helldivers 2 may be 'a good tribute' but now he's Johnny Rico again, and Starship Troopers fans better 'come in here and help us kill some damn bugs—Yeah!'
news "This is what I'd be playing anyhow, because this is my world."
