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Princess Peach In A Kimono! Nintendo’s Kyoto Event
5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Over the weekend in Kyoto, Nintendo participated in the Kyoto Cross Media Experience 2009. There were demo kiosks as well as an exhibit about Nintendo video game history, dating 1983-2009. More »
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First Video Game Ever Sold Is Being Sold
9:00AM Owen Good | Two arcade cabinets for Nolan Bushnell’s Computer Space, regarded as the first commercially sold video game ever, have been listed on eBay. The games, which predated Pong by about a year, are currently going for $US1500 and $US2500. More »
Media
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising’s Skira Island
12:40AM Mike Fahey | Explore the history of Skira Island, the fictional setting for Codemasters upcoming Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, coming in October for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. More »
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Lionhead’s World History Update: Lincoln’s Face
11:00AM Owen Good | Let’s recap the Lionhead homepage countdown. First, Che Guevara next to a six; then Maximillian Robespierre, leader of the Reign of Terror, next to a five. Today, it’s Abraham Lincoln, brought to you by the number four. More »
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Mega-Sized Mega Man Chart Charts Mega Man History
10:00AM Stephen Totilo | It was not a dream, people. Here is inarguable proof that there have been many Mega Man games. More »
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Ten Years Ago: “Halo Is The Name Of This Game.”
9:30AM Owen Good | In 1999, Bungie was probably the best-known studio developing specifically for Macintosh, having delivered titles like Marathon, Myth, and Pathways Into Darkness. At Macworld 1999, Steve Jobs introduced the studio’s next big Mac exclusive: Halo. More »
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Forty Years Later: Putting Video Games On The Moon
8:30AM Owen Good | Tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of the date humans first landed on the Moon. Earth’s satellite has been a setting for games, or levels in them, going back to Lunar Lander in the 1970s. More »
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Mario’s Family Line
12:00PM Owen Good | It’s not a family tree – a) that would be too large and b) it assumes games mate and produce offspring. This is a family line, showing all Mario games, by generation, with their siblings. More »
News
Underground Railroad Video Game Tells The Whole Story
12:00PM Mike Fahey | After ages of misrepresentation in books, films, and television, Norfolk University history professor Cassandra Newby-Alexander wants to tell the true story of the slave-liberating Underground Railroad using a video game. More »
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