What do we expect from our games?

Naomi Alderman: The launch of the online game Routes has got me thinking – what do we want from a game, and how is it different to what we want from a story?

CBS, Last.fm deny passing user data to RIAA; some users delete accounts

The news cycle spins fast and flimsy these days. Late Friday night, TechCrunch posted an unsourced rumour that CBS-owned Last.fm handed a "giant dump" of user data to the RIAA. The music org was said to have requested the data, which could be used to find users who are listening to as-yet-unreleased tracks, after U2's upcoming album was leaked two weeks before release. By Robert Andrews

How to tell a great toy story

Interview: John Lasseter A pioneer in computer animation, the Pixar co-founder is still pushing technological boundaries - this time in 3D