‘Our exit strategy is death’ guides Days of Wonder’s board game philosophy

Mark Kaufman and Eric Hauntemont are veteran venture capitalists in the tech world. In 2002, they decided to get out of that fast-paced life and start developing board games. No, seriously.

The future is now: 10 startups leading the way in ‘big data’

"Big data" isn't just an enterprise trend. It's a technological innovation that is already making a difference in your life. Here are ten companies who are helping define this emerging field.

The Unfinished Swan is wonderfully creative but full of emptiness (review)

The Unfinished Swan is a wonderfully creative game. But can you swallow its ending?

Gawker outs one of Reddit’s shady power users, and the world doesn’t end

The only time you're likely to see Gawker on Reddit these days is if its in reference to the self-imposed ban many users have placed on all the news organization's websites.

Linden Lab grabs its second life with creativity games

Linden Lab is releasing new "shared creative spaces" outside of its Second Life virtual world.

IncubateNYC taps into the entrepreneur in everyone to remix the startup incubator

In a city that's no stranger to startup incubators and accelerators, how do you do something different?

Threeview: Resident Evil 6 reviewed by a critic, an analyst, and an academic

Our three different reviewers take on separate aspects of Resident Evil 6, the latest in Capcom's action-horror series.

10 predictions about networking and Moore’s Law from Andy Bechtolsheim

The pioneer behind some of today's fastest networking technologies makes 10 predictions about the futrue

Excelsior! ComiXology begins accepting self-published comics (exclusive)

Ya know that beautifully drawn zombie comic you and your friends created that's like, so much better than The Walking Dead, but failed to sell a single issue at the local comic book shop? ComiXology might be able to help.

Hustle and flow: Why RIM believes BlackBerry 10 can beat the competition

BlackBerry 10 is late. Late for its originally scheduled release date, and even later to a mobile revolution that some say has already been won by Google and Apple. But the word "late" doesn't seem to be in RIM's lexicon.

Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts returns to gaming with Star Citizen online game universe

Chris Roberts made the stunning Wing Commander series of sci-fi games in the 1990s. Then he moved on to making movies, but now he is back in games with Star Citizen.

Threeview: Bad Piggies reviewed by a critic, an analyst, and an academic

Three different reviews, three totally different perspectives on the follow-up to casual gaming king Angry Birds.

How to stop Facebook from using ads with your face on them

Facebook provides a lot of literature to its users on how the network uses your data. But when people are featured in "personal lube" advertisements and feel wrongly represented, it's probably a good time to look at how Facebook advertising works.

The untold story of Kickstarter’s most dedicated backers: Do-gooders or addicts?

A growing number of people will attest to the rush of donating their hard-earned cash to projects on crowdfunding sites, and tracking them as they build companies or crash and burn. It's time we took a deep dive into the mentality of the "serial backer."

Startup Stories: They turned down a Google acquisition. Now what?

Vineet Devaiah had already had a long line of successes -- a goldstrike at age 15, acceptance into Harvard's Ph.D program, an acquisition offer from Google. But for some reason, he's betting his greatest success is yet to come.

An ugly duckling no more: Why Platform-as-a-Service is poised for huge growth

Platform-as-a-Service is part of the booming cloud computing sector, one area of the cloud that some analysts and developers have overlooked. But recent research shows that PaaS is no longer the ugly duckling of the cloud industry -- and that it's ready to grow quite a bit during the next few years.