Video Essays

• Who was the first character with an arm cannon?

• What was the first game to use weapons to unlock doors?

• And why can’t metroid crawl?

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It’s National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) again, and everyone is looking for ideas to increase their writing speed. One trick that’s recently become popular is to write your first draft …
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• What was the streaking fad of the ’70s?
• What was the first ’80 arcade game to feature a playable female character?
• What was Mystique Presents Swedish Erotica?

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• What was the first Easter Egg in an arcade game?
• What was the first Easter Egg in a cartridge game?
• What was the first Easter Egg in a computer game?

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• What is Video Dames?
• What video games were the first to feature playable human sprites?
• What video games were the first to feature playable female characters?

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• Why was SEGA selling Nintendo games?
• How could a live action arcade game exist before digital video?
• And what movie did it appear in?

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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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