In Real Life

The Simplest Video Game Legos

It doesn’t take many Lego pieces to make these video game icons, as seen on Encaja en CAMON’s Flickr stream.


November 13, 2010
In Real Life

These Lego People Liked The Older Games

Flickr user Sirekat likes to take Lego mini-figures out on the town. To the Louvre. To the Centre Pompidou. To the artsy places in Paris, including a museum for video games, seen here.


August 11, 2010
News

Atari Founder Was "Stupid" To Sell The Company

In 1972, Nolan Bushnell founded Atari. The company would go on to define video games during the 1970s. And just when things were getting good, Bushnell sold the company in 1976 to Time Warner — a move he now regrets.


June 30, 2010
In Real Life

The Evolution Of Game Controllers

Scott Johnson chronicles the long strange trip from Pong paddle to motion-sensed human, leaving the commentary up to you. As seen on ExtraLife. Thanks, Jon!


June 4, 2010
In Real Life

The Video Game Alphabet

A is for Apple. B is for Bastard. C is for Carrot, and D is for… DualShock 2?


May 16, 2010
In Real Life

A Short History Of Gay In Video Games

As seen on GoNintendo.


March 30, 2010
In Real Life

The Best Way To Brick Your Console (And Have It Still Play Pong)

Guus Oosterbaan’s dedicated Pong console, encased in cement, as seen on the creator’s blog, via Make and Gizmodo.


March 29, 2010
In Real Life

Eyeball-Controlled Pong Could Be Breakthrough For Disabled Gamers

Engineering students in London have developed a controller that enables eye-controlled movements in a video game, signaling the possibility someday for people with severe physical disabilities to enjoy video games for the first time.


March 26, 2010
In Real Life

Who Remembers Their First Gaming Experience?

This Tuesday was a very important day. It was the first day my one-and-a-half-year-old son played his first video game.


January 28, 2010
News

Gnop Lets You Be. The. Ball.

How many times can the classic paddle game Pong be reinvented? The answer is now “one more” with the release of gnop, in which you control the ball, not the paddles, each screen a unique, sometimes difficult challenge. [gnop]