As many smart and talented people have said and written, video games are art. We’ve even said it on this blog. It took four years for Michelangelo to paint the… Read more »

If you’re still wondering whether video games can be high art, let me—a person who doesn’t even play video games—clear this up for you. They can. They definitely freaking can. If you need… Read more »

It’s hardly unusual for video games to take their inspiration from works of literature. Sci-fi and fantasy books (especially those that have also been turned into movies or television shows)… Read more »

Moby-Dick, the BBC historical drama; Moby-Dick, the interactive sing-along theatrical production; Moby-Dick, the beer; Moby-Dick, the felted version? Chalk up one more adaption for Herman Melville’s novel: Moby-Dick, the card… Read more »

You might have missed this: Occupy is now video-game fodder. Software developer Treyarch has announced that the villain of its forthcoming game, Black Ops 2, is Raul Menendez, the imagined… Read more »

For a while I’ve been suggesting that publishers looking to explore the full potential of enhanced e-books would do well to look to the world of video games for lessons.… 6 / Read more »

Sorry, Leo, it’s true. How could this not be better than the supposed 3D monstrosity Baz Lurhmann is scheduled to bring us some time next year? (I know, that’s unfair,… Read more »

The other day a coworker, studiously engaged in research on the internet, just happened to come across this rather addictive point-and-click flash-based video game inspired by Moby Dick (be prepared… 2 / Read more »

A recent article about Halloween movies by Dianna Dilworth in eBookNewser got me thinking about a subject we talk about on a pretty regular basis at MobyLives: movies based on… 6 / Read more »

Last week, we mentioned the ruckus going on with e-books for kids and figured that kids books would probably utilize the inherent qualities of iPads and Android tablets better than… Read more »