Category: History

The Fantabulous Video Game History Of Harley Quinn

When we think of comic book characters, the ones who probably pop up in our heads are likely older than us. Superman is over 80-years-old. So is Batman. Spider-Man is a child compared to those two – he’s only 58! The great spandex heroes and villains of the four-color page are, for the most part, […]

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Pellets, Ghosts and the Yakuza: The Journey Of Pac-Man

It’s hard to imagine a world without Pac-Man. That yellow pellet eating machine has burned himself into the pop-culture consciousness in a way few fictional characters have. From the initial video game that ate up as many quarters as the titular hero ate cherries, to cartoons, shirts, toys, and an endless supply of merchandise. The […]

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Spacewar! and the Birth of Esports

If you were to look at the news these days, you may think esports is a new thing. And, to be fair to your local News 4 reporter, esports has only recently come out of the basements and bowling alleys to present itself to the general public in the last few years. The truth is, […]

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The Women Who Raided Rivers and Crushed Centipedes

Even now in 2019, video games are looked at as a “boy’s game”. In truth, women make up 45% of gamers, and that number has been steadily growing for the last ten years. Anyone who works in the game industry can tell you that there isn’t a game on the shelves that women haven’t played […]

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Yeah Yeah Beebiss – The Game That No One Has Ever Played

Like any other community, the video game world has its fair share of urban legends and weird mythology. There are haunted games and secret levels only a few have claimed to see. There are tales of how games came to be or of the lives of the people who made them. Hidden messages and secret […]

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