Gamertell

Scholastic Inc., a children’s book publisher, is in trouble for selling more then just books in its classroom book clubs. Everyone remembers getting those handouts in school from Scholastic Book Clubs (or Arrow for you older kids) where you could buy all those Goosebumps books. Well, now Scholastic is in… Continue Reading »

In Iowa, a 32-year-old man may spend 20 years in prison for possession of Japanese manga and will face penalties under the PROTECT Act (18 U.S.C. Section 1466A). Christopher Handley is still in big trouble because of the manga he purchased from Japan in May 2006 that the government claimed… Continue Reading »

There seems to be a recent trend in turning books into movies or video games. In an attempt to turn at least part of the trend back on itself, one writer is working books into games. According to an article in the New York Times, author PJ Haarsma was writing… Continue Reading »

If your like me, you have tons of movies, games , music and books collected over the years from birthdays, Christmas or random prizes. You don’t really want to throw them away and you can’t really give them away or the person who gave it to you will get their… Continue Reading »

The annual Girls of Gaming issue started out as an unusual experiment by Playboy four years ago but has turned into one of the 54-year-old company’s most anticipated yearly issues, one that toyed with the fantasies of millions of lovesick gamers. In the December 2007 issue of Playboy, featuring Kim… Continue Reading »

Author and esteemed game journalist Steven Poole has just given every academically-minded gamer an early Christmas present by making his 2000 book “Trigger Happy”, available for free download. Poole says that giving away this version is a sort of experiment under the creative commons license. The book itself is quite… Continue Reading »

  This year for the first part of my Summer Reading List 2007 columns, I’ve started with three books released late 2006 that have a school theme. The first two are about games as educational tool instead of a brain-rotting, morally depraved, time wasting pastime for kids. The third really… Continue Reading »

Four months before the game hits game shelves, the prequel is already on a different shelf - the book shelf. Penned by Mass Effect lead writer, Drew Karpyshyn, who just also happened to spend some time on the New York Times bestsellers list, Mass Effect: Revelation tells the origin of… Continue Reading »