Editor's Note #7: Gaming Junk Food
Its in the title! Sometimes games don't technically seem good enough to justify how much people play them, so what is it that keeps bringing them back?

Its in the title! Sometimes games don't technically seem good enough to justify how much people play them, so what is it that keeps bringing them back?
I don't think anyone was expecting Embracer Group to become a single-player game publishing powerhouse, and yet here we are.
PSN was down for a full day. That might sound like an inconvenience and nothing more, but looking deeper we see a Sony who continues to make big, risky, wasteful bets... apparently without a backup plan?
Despite the headlines, Steam didn't really ban advertising in games. Instead, the biggest market in PC gaming has just clearly laid out the rules on what they'll approve - it's more than you might think.
What happens if a developer on Steam uses their game as a trojan horse to deliver malware to players? Today, we get to see Valve's reaction.