History

Retro

Piracy Is The Only Thing Keeping Many Old Video Games Alive

3:00PM January 30, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Pirating new video games is a crime. But there’s long been a rather grey area around the piracy of old games. And when I say old, I don’t mean 2008 old. I mean 1988 old. More »


Retro

Historic Register Adds Landfill Where Atari Dumped The Worst Console Game Ever

3:00PM January 5, 2012 | Owen Good

Alamagordo, New Mexico. 50 miles southeast of Roswell, the most famous UFO site in the nation. Also the scene of the most infamous landfill in video game history. More »


Retro

Innovation Has Never Been The Cornerstone Of The Video Game Industry

1:00PM November 17, 2011 | Scott Patterson

As expected, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a huge seller and is breaking all kinds of sales records. It’s been parodied on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and is being blamed for the loss of the Louisville Cardinals this past weekend. More »


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The History Of Call Of Duty In 45 Minutes

5:00AM November 10, 2011 | Brian Crecente

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As with Battlefield, Call of Duty has a long history of games. The first in the series came out back in 2003. More »


News

The History Of Video Game Consoles (Brought To You By TGS)

6:30PM September 19, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Tucked away in a deserted corner of the Tokyo Game Show was this enormous timeline, charting the history of both video game hardware and of TGS. More »


News

The Gears Of War Timeline Leads Right Up To Midnight Monday

8:20AM September 16, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Need a refresher course on Gears of War history on the eve of the release of the third instalment? Epic Games has posted a handy timeline that takes you from the Pendulum Wars to when you slip that puppy in your Xbox 360 next week. More »


In Real Life

The Evolution Of Video Game Controllers In Pretty Poster Form

1:40AM September 7, 2011 | Joel Johnson

Brooklyn-based Pop Chart Lab’s latest poster is another attempt to show the lineage of video game controllers, from the twin sticks of Spacewar! to the lonely, somewhat sui generis Wii U tablet sitting lonely at the bottom. A signed and numbered print will run you just 24 clams. More »


In Real Life

It’s Not Looking Good For The Videogame History Museum

3:00AM August 22, 2011 | Owen Good

Collectors, archivists, whatever you wish to call them, Joe Santulli, Sean Kelly and Kevin Hardie have a collection of video gaming history numbering greater than 30,000 pieces, and are trying to establish a West Coast operation to house all of it, and from which a touring show will originate. They’re serious men with a serious goal, and seriously in need of cash. More »


PC

Remembering The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of MS-DOS

2:00PM July 28, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

If you think messing around with the user-interface of a modern console, or even a modern iteration of Windows is hard, spare a thought for anyone involved in PC gaming during the 1980s and early ’90s. More »


News

Russian President Suggests Warcraft Ripoff To Teach History

4:20AM July 26, 2011 | Brian Crecente

First Russian President Dimitri Medvedev joined Twitter. Next he visited Twitter and Apple HQs. Now he’s suggesting that someone make a World of Warcraft knock-off to teach about his country’s history. More »