The Gameological Society

Ryan Smith

Contributor

Ryan Smith is a Chicago-based freelance journalist who writes about sports and video games for Chicago Tribune’s RedEye and RedBullUSA.com (but don’t worry, Redbook magazine isn’t going to happen). He was once a police and courts reporter at a daily newspaper but never got to do anything cool like wear a fedora or get shot at.

TWITTER: @RyanSmithWriter

By Ryan Smith

Feature

The Universe According To Scribblenauts

Who is the strongest being of all time, real or imagined? It’s everything vs. everything in the ultimate Scribblenauts Unlimited battle royale.

By Ryan Smith • October 9, 2013
What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Laura Green, musician

Laura Green shares the secrets of a professional Power Glove player.

By Ryan Smith • October 4, 2013
What Are You Playing This Weekend?

William Watterson, actor

The star of Lost Planet 3 has invented a more peaceful version of the Atari 2600 game River Raid.

By Ryan Smith • August 30, 2013
Gameological Q&A

Understudy Hall

Which sidekicks outshine their heroes?

By The Gameological Society Staff • August 8, 2013
Inventory

Have a nice trip: 9 video game drugs that induce playable hallucinations

Drugs are bad?

By Anthony John Agnello, Matt Gerardi, Ryan Smith, John Teti, and Drew Toal • August 1, 2013
Gameological Q&A

Halftime Report

What is your favorite game of 2013 so far?

By The Gameological Society Staff • July 25, 2013
Gameological Q&A

Hoarders

What are your most cherished in-game collectibles?

By The Gameological Society Staff • July 11, 2013
Gameological Q&A

Plagiarize This

What great idea do you wish more game designers would copy?

By The Gameological Society Staff • June 27, 2013
Annals Of Miscellany

Tasting the retrogaming themed microbrew, 8-Bit Pale Ale

Traditionally, I’ve paired classic games with the cheap macrobrews of the midwest. Nothing accentuates a mustachioed plumber from Brooklyn or rough-and-tumble twin brothers from the inner city like a Pabst Blue Ribbon or a Miller High-Life—urine-colored brews with the flavor of watered-down gasoline offset by a slight hint of aluminum. Both are tolerable when served […]

By Ryan Smith • June 21, 2013
Review

Inspector Gadget

Technology is both the problem and the solution for Gunpoint’s hero.

By Ryan Smith • June 19, 2013
This Could Be Good

A Sidekick With Kick

Tom Clancy’s The Division offers a new kind of second banana.

By Ryan Smith • June 17, 2013
This Could Be Good

Annie Get Your PlayStation Move

QuickDraw strips the art of dueling down to the essentials.

By Ryan Smith • June 14, 2013
The Gameological Questionnaire

Harold Ryan, president, Bungie

The head of the former Halo studio says the upcoming Destiny once played like Gauntlet—and still might.

By Ryan Smith • June 14, 2013