UK's First National Video Game Archive Launching At GameCity [Video Game History] As the cultural impact of gaming becomes more apparent to societies where the hobby was once considered as something only children and 'older children' participate in, groups are understandably taking steps to help preserve the rich legacy of video game culture. T [..]
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A Not So Brief History Of Video Game Names [What's In A Name] How did Mario get his name? You may be familiar with the official story, that it was based on Nintendo of America landlord Mario Segale, but that may not be the whole story. It's just the easy version. According to an impressive and exhaustive look at some of t [..]
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The History Of Video Game Art In Reverse [Art] The main hallway of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City is a spiral. When you walk through it, ascending several flights in the process, paintings all to your right, you get the sense of walking through an artistic history. Last week I visited the museum to see an exhibition of [..]
A Half-Life 2 Mod and a History of Video Game Physics [Mods] My undergraduate thesis was long, kinda boring, and involved dead imperialists; two students at McMaster University have created a Half-Life 2 mod called Half-Life Havoc for theirs, and attached a little paper on the history of video game physic [..]
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John Madden's Version of Video Game History [Sports] Retired football broadcasting legend John Madden told the LA Times there's no such thing as a Madden curse, because it never caused him to get injured. He also shared his take on how video games came to be. As part of reporter Alex Pham's Q&A to coincide with the launch [..]
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Virtual Reality: The Year Twenty-O-Nine In Video Game History [Feature] It is the year 2009. Killer robots rampage through the streets, aliens rain down destruction from the sky, and a two-millennium old prophecy which could determine the fate of the world is coming to fruition. The most unpopular President in America [..]
Super Mario Kart: Most Influential Video Game in History [Guinness World Records] Super Mario Kart has the longest legacy and the biggest impact on video games in history, according to Guinness World Records which compiled a list of the top 50 consoles games of all time. Tasked with selecting the best console games of all time [..]