6 years ago
Infographic: Mario x Pac-Man x Sonic – Primary Bros.
Super Mario, Pac-Man, and Sonic The Hedgehog are three of the most recognizable icons in gaming, and their careers contain some interesting parallels.
They also happen to perfectly represent …
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6 years ago
The Sumerian Game: The Most Important Video Game You’ve Never Heard Of
Long before Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego or The Oregon Trail, there was The Sumerian Game.
Designed in 1964 for classrooms, it was as innovative as it is …
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6 years ago
Infographic: Identifying Carmen Sandiego
I’m certain that Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? is the most confusing series in the history of video games. Different versions of a game might have the same …
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6 years ago
Rarely Seen ’90s Carmen Sandiego Art By Bill Sienkiewicz
Legion co-creator Bill Sienkiewicz designed the characters and logo for the ’90s FOX cartoon Where On Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
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6 years ago
The Origin Of The Term “Gamer”
The term “gamer” predates video games by over six centuries.
The first known record of the word was found in the English town of Walsall and dates back to …
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6 years ago
Talking Carmen Sandiego With ’90s Executive Publisher Ken Goldstein
Discussing Carmen Sandiego On TV & “On Earth”
It’s been 25 years since the first episode of Where On Earth Is Carmen Sandiego debuted as a part of the Fox …
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12 years ago
20 Videogame Movie Adaptations That Are Worse Than Super Mario Bros.
In late 2012, I forced myself to watch every videogame movie adaptation ever released theatrically in the US – all thirty-two of them – at a rate of one per …
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Infographic: Wii U Has More Metroid Games Than Any Other Console
To mark my Patreon reaching its first 50 patrons, I decided to create another infographic! This time the subject is “Which Platform Has The Most Metroid?,” a backwards compatibility comparison. …
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Metroid’s Justin Bailey Is A Real Person; Here’s Why He Hasn’t Spoken Up
“Justin Bailey” is one of the most famous secret codes in the history of gaming.
Sure, it’s not as well-known as the Konami Code, but for anyone who becomes interested …
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Make Love Not War: Talking With The Creator Of The First Software Easter Egg
William Weiher created the first software Easter Egg circa 1968, but didn’t realize it until I told him.
Last month, I revealed the previously forgotten oldest Easter Egg in a …
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Moonlander: One Giant Leap For Game Design
Everyone knows Neil Armstrong was the first man on the Moon, but who was the first man in a video game?
Early video game history is littered with “firsts” — …
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Box Art History #3: Fairchild Channel F Wanted You To Collect ‘Em All
Before the NES, before the Atari 2600…
Fairchild’s Channel F was the first video game console to run games directly from a cartridge. While Magnavox’s Odyssey had game cards that …
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