The Indie Game Renaissance: How Small Teams Changed Gaming
I first stumbled across indie games by accident. It was 2008, I was browsing Xbox Live Arcade out of boredom during a particularly miserable Michigan...
Gaming History
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The Death and Resurrection of Adventure Games
I remember the exact moment I fell in love with adventure games. It was Christmas 1990, and after weeks of dropping increasingly unsubtle hints, I...
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How Achievements and Trophies Changed How I Play Games
I can pinpoint the exact moment achievements changed gaming for me. It was 2005, and I'd just unpacked my brand new Xbox 360—a ridiculously expensive...
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Motion Controls: The Promising Gaming Revolution That Never Quite Arrived
I remember the exact moment I first held a Wii Remote. It was November 2006, and after camping outside my local Best Buy for an...
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How Command & Conquer Changed RTS Games and My Weekends
It was the summer of '95, and I was supposed to be doing something productive with my life. My first "real" job out of college...
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The Rise of RTS Games: From Dune II to StarCraft
The first time I played Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty, I had no idea I was experiencing the birth of a genre that...
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How Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Changed Sports Games Forever
The year was 1999, and I was slouched on my friend Mark’s basement couch, watching him play some new skateboarding game on his PlayStation. “You...
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StarCraft Legacy: How One RTS Game Shaped an Entire Genre
The first time I ever played StarCraft was at my friend Kevin’s house in the spring of 1998. His parents had splurged on a new...
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How Age of Empires Made History Come Alive for Gamers
I remember the exact moment I fell in love with adventure games. It was Christmas 1990, and after weeks of dropping increasingly unsubtle hints, I...
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Video Game Soundtracks That Defined My Generation
The first time music made me cry, it wasn’t a sad movie score or a heart-wrenching pop ballad—it was the ending theme to Final Fantasy...
