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 Send to email | The History of PC Game ... Packaging? [Pc Gaming] in CultureNostalgiaPackagingPc GamingTrends |  By Owen Good
el 03-May-2008 |  Interesting read over on 1up — the history of packaging trends in PC gaming. No, really. Remember the code wheels (I had one in Legacy of the Ancients and the Legend of Blacksilver, for C64). Remember Marathon's absurd box? Remember the boatload of instruction manuals for something like Pirates!
It's more than just nostalgia, though. The packaging, does a pretty good job tracing the state of the art for PC gaming. It shows the attempts at copy protection, the deepening play experiences that required a ton of documentation, and takes you from dependency on in-store sales to the transition to online sales and DLC.
And plus, it's the weekend. This is the time for neat evergreen features and lists. And dammit, I'm gonna find stuff that isn't GTA IV, too.
Shrink Wrapped: A History of PC Game Packaging Trends
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| The Failings of 'Serious Games': Packaging Man [Serious Games] | | Ian Bogost has a short little note on a 'serious game' called Packaging Man, which was apparently intended 'to raise awareness about the destructive impact fast food paper packaging has on Southern forests.' Unfortunately for Dogwood Alliance, the creator, the game is a slightly re [..] Read complete article | | Published 24-Aug-2008 by Maggie Greene in Serious games Arcade Culture Environment Industry Pac-Man
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| Too Much World For A Fallout 3 Demo [Fallout 3] | | There are several reasons not to have a demo for your game in this demo-hungry period of gaming history. There are time constraints that come into play, not wanting people to know your game sucks before it comes out, a [..] Read complete article | | Published 21-Apr-2008 by Mike Fahey in BethesdaDemoFallout 3GalleryMediaPCpete hinesPS3Xbox 360
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| History Lessons: A Look Back at Sierra's Origins [History] | | I've been keeping my eye on the "Stephen M. Cabrinety Collection" blog, which is a blog corollary to part of Stanford University's archive of gaming-related materials — while there are only a handful of posts, there are some interesting looks back at some more obscure bits of gaming hi [..] Read complete article | | Published 10-Aug-2008 by Maggie Greene in History Adventure Games Culture Industry Sid Meier Sierra
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| On history | | My friend DarkSyde makes an important point:
The cliche is, 'we are watching history being made.' But that's not quite it, not tonight, not for us. We are part of making history. We will remember this evening for the rest of our lives.This primary season stretched over months, and hit every state. Every Democrat, and quite a few non-Democrats in states with open [..] Read complete article | | Published 04-Jun-2008 by Thoughts in Policy and Politics
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| Apple WWDC on Gaming...Don't forget to check ... [Wwdc08] | | Apple WWDC on Gaming...Don't forget to check back here at 11 a.m. Central for our coverage of whatever gaming news might be coming out of today's Apple WWDC. At the very least we expect to hear iPhone gaming news announced, with at least one iPhone game developer already confirming that they'll be talking up their game during the show.
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| My First Gaming Tattoo [Body Art] | | Since I started writing for Kotaku I've been exposed to sides of gaming culture I was never really aware of. Game cakes, game crochet, papercraft...all ways for the more creative and skilled of us to express their de [..] Read complete article | | Published 22-Apr-2008 by Mike Fahey in Body artFinal FantasyOriginalTattooTattoos
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| Championship Gaming Series Coming To G4 [Television] | | G4 is about to get another dose of genuine video game focused content as it has struck a deal with the Championship Gaming Series—the only worldwide professional video gaming league, according to them—to air four 90 minute episodes of other people playing video game [..] Read complete article | | Published 16-Jun-2008 by Michael McWhertor in Television cgs championship gaming series News Pro Gaming
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