Thirty 
years ago, Nintendo’s rise to the top of the video game console world began.
Sure, Atari may have started the home video game revolution, but it was Nintendo’s Famicom that took it to the next level, laying the groundwork for the industry as we know it today. That system, which was released two years later in America under the more familiar “Nintendo Entertainment System,” made home gaming cool again.
You 
may not know Troy Baker’s face, but if you’ve played the year’s biggest video games, you certainly know his voice.
Baker has been an up and coming video game voice actor for a few years now, but in 2013, he has exploded in a way no one could have imagined, voicing the main character in two critically-acclaimed hits. That’s a bit like an actor scoring major roles in multiple Oscar-nominated films in the same year.
Planning 
on playing Deus Ex: The Fall on your iPhone or iPad? Make sure your iDevice isn’t jailbroken.
Players of the recently released action game who happen to have jailbroken phones and tablets are finding quite a surprise: their guns have been disabled. Considering how often you need to shoot things in the game, that can be somewhat debilitating.
Steve 
Ballmer’s massive overhaul of Microsoft’s executive office and business practices has cleared up the mystery of who will take over the Xbox division after the shocking departure of Don Mattrick.
The reorganization, announced Thursday, will put two long-time veterans of the company in charge of its console division, with different areas of focus.
Imagine 
spending years devoting your time and your finances to acquiring an impressive video game spaceship, one of the biggest and most valuable the gaming world has ever seen.
Now imagine all of that work being destroyed in minutes.
Got 
a laptop or an iPhone in Florida? You could be violating the law.
In an attempt to ban Internet cafes in the Sunshine State, legislators may have been a bit too broad in their language, resulting in what some legal experts say is a law that inadvertently makes it illegal to own a computer or a smartphone.
Maybe 
Don Mattrick and Zynga were meant to be, after all.
As the gaming world struggles to comprehend the move by the one-time head of Microsoft’s Xbox division to the CEO’s office of the struggling social and mobile gaming giant, details are coming to light that could explain not only why Mattrick made the move, but that it was a long time coming.
Now 
that Sony and Microsoft are finally talking about their next generation console systems, all eyes are on the future of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
But despite the marketing shift, the majority of gamers won’t pick up either machine this holiday season — and it could be several years before they do so.
And, frankly, that’s just fine.
Even 
in retirement, Bo knows how to make a splash.
Bo Jackson, whose multi-sport talent, iconic Nike commercials and ridiculously dominant video game presence made him a sensation in the 1990s, has been largely absent from the video game world for nearly 25 years. Now he’s coming out of digital seclusion — but maybe not in the game you’d expect.
There 
aren’t a lot of genuine surprises in the video game world these days, but Don Mattrick’s jump from Microsoft to Zynga Monday certainly qualifies as one.
Zynga has been struggling mightily since its debut as a public company, and many people felt Mark Pincus would never relinquish the CEO spot. But will Mattrick taking those reins be enough to turn the company around? And who’s taking over Xbox at Microsoft?
Chris Morris: Journalist 