News

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

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.


September 16, 2011
News

The Gears Of War Timeline Leads Right Up To Midnight Monday

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.


September 7, 2011
In Real Life

The Evolution Of Video Game Controllers In Pretty Poster Form

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.


August 22, 2011
In Real Life

It’s Not Looking Good For The Videogame History Museum

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.


July 28, 2011
PC

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

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.


July 26, 2011
News

Russian President Suggests Warcraft Ripoff To Teach History

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.


May 31, 2011
Retro

The History Of The Greatest Game Ever Made

Kotaku AU

Alright. So maybe my headline is drenched ever-so-slightly in hyperbole. And maybe the fact that Zelda: A Link to the Past is the greatest game of all time is merely a subjective opinion to which I subscribe, but this incredible document, unearthed by GlitterBerri, features interviews with key members of the Zelda development team (including Miyamoto) and is a genuinely intriguing piece of history.


May 5, 2011
Retro

Thank You, Star Wars, For All These Awesome Games

May 4 is Star Wars Day, in honour of, well, the fact “May the 4th” sounds a bit like “May the force…”. Silly, I know, but it also gives us a chance to look back on the amazing video games the sci-fi franchise has given us over the years. And by years, I should really say decades.


May 4, 2011
Retro

A Tribute To The Glory Of Wood-Panelled Video Game Consoles

Like many other non-Americans, I’m not the greatest fan of American cars. Yet there’s one style that I will always remember fondly, and that’s the wood-panelled stationwagon.


May 3, 2011
News

The Father Of Video Games Fled Nazis, Then Took All Their Guns

Ralph Baer is widely acknowledged to be the “father of video games”, thanks to his work in the 1960s pioneering the device that would become the Magnavox Odyssey, the world’s first ever video game console.