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Halo Wars: A Top Video Game Designer Moves From One Local Company to Another

Dave Pottinger, back when he was still at Robot earlier this year​It's been more than a year since Microsoft shuttered Dallas-based Ensemble Studios, which was responsible for, among others, such top-selling titles as Age of Empires, Age of Mythology and Halo Wars for Xbox 360. From that wreckage ... More >>

A Love-Hate Relationship?

Flipping through the whatweredoin.com blog the other day, I came across a discussion of our Top Ten Overrated Restaurants that included this comment from "Bread Winners": "Interesting that not a week later, City of Ate...named us one of 'Uptowns 10 Best Patios.' They love us, they hate us, they lo ... More >>

Sure, There's QuakeCon in August. But Sure to Be All the Rage? Id's Long-Awaited Rage.

For about a year, this is all folks have seen of id's new Rage, which will likely debut at QuakeCon.At last year's QuakeCon, held at the Hilton Anatole, id Software's John Carmack made a few announcements considered quite major at the time, among them word that the Mesquite-based developer was looki ... More >>

From Ensemble's Ashes, a New Bonfire

Aw, dang. Had hoped to break this in the paper version of Unfair Park next week, where we profile former Ensemble Studios music-maker Stephen Rippy; but, oh, well, no such luck. Regardless, the September shuttering of Ensemble Studios -- the former Dallas-based indie-studio-turned-Microsoft property ... More >>

Cadillac Ranch Offers a Bumpy Ride for Diners

Christmas Comes More Than Once a Year for Mexicans

Online Turnoff

Who said first-person games need a second person?

Guitar Hero Will Save the Economy

South by Southwest Bounty Overflows to Benefit Dallas

This and next week are full of big-name acts making their ways to or from the Austin festival

Kelly Law-Yone is Queen of Fake Rock

Guitar Hero Breeds a New Kind of Bar Band

Videogamers are living out rock and roll fantasies on screens at your local pub

Gaming's Greatest Hits

A look back at the best of 2007

Xmas Present & Past

How yesterday's games spawned today's best-sellers.

Hype Machine

Does Halo 3 live up to its billing?

Halo 3: Dallas Finishes the Fight

Three's a Charm

A promising glimpse of the next Halo

Superzero

Spider-Man 3 spins a web of mediocrity

Wine, Loin and Kiddie Tech

Bin 555 is good for grownups too

This Is Madness

PSP players, tonight you game in hell

Tapes 'n Tapes Press Pause

Indie buzz band on the three steps for breaking big

Do You Wanna Die? (On Guitar Hero 2, Dude. Chill.)

Resistance Isn't Futile

It's just the only standout in an otherwise shameful launch

All Dressed Up . . .

PlayStation 3 has potential--but for the moment, little else.

Encore Performance

Don't fret. Guitar Hero II kills the opening act.

Copycat Killer

Saints Row shamelessly apes Grand Theft Auto.

Grateful Dead

Dead Rising's zombies will eat your brain--and your free time

Pong 360

Like the real thing, Table Tennis shouldn't be played alone

Next Big Things

The five biggest attention-getters at E3.

A Real Knockout

Fight Night Round 3 comes out a winner, despite taking punches.

Back to the Future

The Xbox Live Arcade is a high-tech twist on the old-fashioned coin-op.

Ryan Adams

29 (Lost Highway)

Near Perfect

Perfect Dark Zero isn't a bull's-eye, but it hits the target.

Madden As Hell