Blizzard's refresher course in Diablo's murderous history What's all this "Diablo" hubbub today, you wonder? Well, you see, "Diablo" is another name for "Devil" (Spanish!) and you're this monk/warrior/witch doctor/wizard/demon hunter who's gotta kill thousands of de [..]
The History of RPGs: A Reading List [Academia Is Fun]
We mentioned Michael Abbot (of the Brainy Gamer) and his efforts to put together a great syllabus for his history of RPGs class; as promised, he's now posted the reading list (required readings will be culled from this list, but it's a pretty nice little bibliogra [..]
DOW Ends Craziest Week In History Down 300 Points -- What's Next???
The past seven trading sessions have been nothing short of remarkable.
Last Thursday, after a couple of weeks of steady but relatively normal declines, the Dow suddenly tanked 500 points. Then, after a modest recovery on Friday, i [..]
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A Complete History Of 3D Graphics Cards [PC] Donning their historian caps, Maximum PC have gone through the archives and posted a complete history of perhaps the biggest thing to hit PC gaming in the last 20 years: the 3D graphics card. Some of you might be too young to remember this, but PC gamin [..]
Tomonobu Itagaki: A Blood Splattered History Filed under: Retro, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Business, Galleries
Now that Ninja Gaiden 2 developer Tomonobu Itagaki has departed from Tecmo and Team Ninja (and left a [..]
The Ugliest Consoles Ever [Our Ugly History] The Sega Saturn was pretty unattractive. The NES was pretty much just a box. Compared to some of the consoles found on Pointless Banter's list of the 10 Ugliest Gaming Consoles, they're gorgeous. Take the Rollet Videocolor here. With it's lovely bright yellow with blue accents, it's the o [..]
Iwata chronicles the history of Samurai Warriors For his latest Iwata Asks interview, Nintendo's Satoru Iwata put the spotlight on one of the less-examined 3DS launch window titles: Tecmo Koei's Samurai Warriors: Chronicles. He speaks to Hisashi Koinuma, who is in charge of the Warriors [..]