Yee-haw! Lead and Gold takes us back to the Wild West, but should we string it up or let it ride off into the sunset?

Matt Chat is an ongoing video series hosted by Matt Barton. He looks at a game's "masterpiece, inspiration, and legacy" in each episode.

Every game deserves to make you feel tension about whether or not you will be able to make it in time to avoid failure, let alone be strong enough to actually stop the plans of the antagonist. Deadlines, quite simply, make games better.

Whether you’re an expo gamer greenhorn, or a seasoned press veteran, this guide will provide you with all the necessary steps to survive any game-related convention unscathed, a little wiser, and dipped from head to toe in the free disgrace of grimy swag.

We interview Terry Borst, co-writer of such games as Wing Commander 3 and 4, about game storytelling; the state of it, how developers could advance it, and a whole gamut of other things. Also a fond farewell to a beloved person.

Aside from Modern Warfare 2, stimulus packages generally exist to support people. Today, I will bestow onto you, my people, a support package of free games to wither down to and forget about life for awhile.

People need to realize that the impact from software piracy not only rattles the economy, but also the fundamental raison detre of gaming. In the end it will be consumers that either thrust PC gaming into the stratosphere or bury it in the dirt.

Matt Chat is an ongoing video series hosted by Matt Barton. He looks at a game's "masterpiece, inspiration, and legacy" in each episode.

Yet while General Knoxx makes some solid improvements, it also takes some serious steps back. Gearbox's approach to fixing the game's difficulty is completely ham-handed—most enemies you face are two to four levels higher than you. It ends up being too challenging, unfair, and not fun.

Several games take the philosophy of an intellectual and make it a major aspect, but there're no games of them! There's gotta be some potential masterpieces oozing from the untouched area of philosophy in gaming. To remedy this, I'll pitch a series of game concepts starring some of the world's...