David Thomas is a nationally syndicated videogame journalist, critic and teacher. He co-authored the Videogame Style Guide and Reference Manual, so he knows that PONG is written in uppercase and that it wasn’t the first videogame. His current favorite game of all time is Rock Band.

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Grant Theft Auto on the PC

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August 7, 5:36 PM

by David Thomas, Video Game Examiner

Coming soon to a PC near you

Do we really need GTA4 on the PC?

Probably not. But it's coming anyway.

Not content to master the world of the videogame console, developer Rockstar wants to ensure that it juices its signature franchise for as much as it has got.

Who's going to buy the game? My bet is sales guys with fancy laptops and a lot boring hotel and plane hours to kill and hackers intent on adding content to the game that will stir up the controversy pot once again.

Grand Theft Auto IV: Currently available on the Xbox 360 and PS3, the game will hit the PC in November.

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Free zombie game

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August 1, 3:32 PM

Once, it was a novelty to find cool free games on the Web. Today, there are so many free games, you could waste a whole day at work just fiddling around.And every once in a while there is a game cool enough to share with your co-workers.The Last Guy... Read More
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PS3 Billion?

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June 24, 4:38 PM

Sooner or later public companies have to share bad news.Sony fessed up that the last two years of the PlayStation 3 have cost them around $3 billion. This is, of course, chump change compared to multiples of billions Microsoft has sunk into the Xbox... Read More
Topics: video games , business , Sony

You Don’t Play Videogames

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April 21, 1:25 PM

“David, you know I don’t play videogames.”For some strange reason, when I tell people that I write about games, they feel inclined to tell me how much they don’t play games.I spent years writing about rock and roll and alternative... Read More
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