Weekend Reading: Games Will Follow Smoking, Cigarettes
	A few days ago I decided to put an end to my most disgusting habit: smoking and, as expected, most of my friends have rushed in to congratulate me. But the idea for this weekend's reading came after one of my oldest friends (and, at the same time, a guy that never played a video game in his life) told me something like: "Well done, bro! Now, you only have to stop wasting your life in front of flat screens and you'l ... [read more >>]
	09 May 2008, 19:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Weekend Reading: The Games World Definition of Free Games
	In this real world where prices seem to be absolutely obscene sometimes, people love free things and anything is way better than the rest - as long as it is free. It’s about the same in the ever-growing games world: we have the hardcore "free game" ... [read more >>]
	02 May 2008, 11:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Weekend Reading: How Will GTA IV Change the Game World in a Bad Way
	There are no reasons to doubt the fact that the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto will be a true phenomenon and the game world will be changed – at least slightly – in a good way when it comes to open world gameplay, game world complexity and so many more other things (including the way the perfect game should look like, it seems, if we take a look at the recent reviews). But have you ever wondered how a game as big and fabulous as < ... [read more >>]
	26 April 2008, 05:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Weekend Reading: Analysis of Cheating - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
	Games tend to be some tough bunches of pixels that can drive you completely mad with their zany, difficult levels/monsters/whatever. Ostracism and torture in the medieval times were nothing but little angels compared to the hell of pressing, for the hundredth time, the "retry" button. What does the regular gamer do in such circumstances (of course, AFTER smashing the controller to the wall, spitting on the screen and ch ... [read more >>]
	18 April 2008, 20:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Weekend Reading: The First Game Love
	Strange, but the love for video games doesn’t work like real life: it’s not the first ever game you fall in love with while playing it, nor the first loading screen on which you see the one you’ll always remember. Different reasons are involved, some of them stranger than the real thing. Just a random example (yeah, right!): for me, my first video game love was actually the first title I have managed to finish. And I still get the chills w ... [read more >>]
	11 April 2008, 20:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Weekend Reading: What PC Games We'll See in 2008
	What should I get? A PC, a console or a ping pong table? What will win this war? Well, I’m pretty sure that the answer to that question will be provided in 2009 when all the major publishers will either go slow on consoles or start focusing more on the PC, or they’ll shift gears and go full throttle into the console market and never look back. It all depends on how the PC will fair this year and from the looks of it I’m quite opt ... [read more >>]
	04 April 2008, 20:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Weekend Reading: The Six Game Heroines You Love, but Would Hate in Real Life
	These girls are sexy, they’re hot and they have an instant drooling effect on any human male, level 15-80, who is watching them. These are the same girls who made you love them the way only a game-geek can love: truly, madly, deeply. However, they have one big flaw: they are game characters. They are not real, they are just a bunch of sexy pixels hugging each other, with only one goal in mind: to be perfect. And, boy, they’re really succes ... [read more >>]
	28 March 2008, 22:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Weekend Reading: Mario, Sonic & Co Should Retire from Games
	Probably half of the gaming world will hate me for saying this, but somebody has to do it. Mario, Sonic, Luigi, Wario, Dr. Eggman and all the other arcade/platformer icons should retire! Each and every one of them should be put in a museum and locked there. That’s the only way to do it, that’s the only thing that should happen if we want to let nature follow its course. There are two main reasons why this is the right thing t ... [read more >>]
	14 March 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Weekend Reading: The World of Warcraft King and a Broom
	This is not your regular World of Warcraft news flash – it's rather the sad story of an unlucky king, a man... uhm... an undead destined for greater glory, level 50 monster hacking – a fearsome undead in the ever growing World of Warcraft – that was never mean ... [read more >>]
	07 March 2008, 06:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia