The Future of Gaming: Where Next-Gen Technology Might Take Us
I had this moment recently while playing Horizon Forbidden West where I stopped to watch a sunset. Not a real sunset—a digital one, pixels and...
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The Rise and Fall of Guitar Hero and Rock Band
I first encountered Guitar Hero at a Best Buy in 2006. I was there to pick up a replacement power cord for my aging PlayStation...
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From Pixels to Polygons: The Awkward Adolescence of 3D Gaming
I still remember the first time I saw a "3D" game. It was at our local arcade in 1993, and there it stood—Virtua Fighter, looking...
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The Forgotten Mascot Platformers of the 90s
The summer of '96 changed everything. I'd been saving up for months—birthday money, lawn mowing cash, the works—to buy a Nintendo 64 and Super Mario...
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My First Gaming Addiction: The Game I Couldn’t Stop Playing
I still remember the exact moment I became truly addicted to a video game. It was winter break during my sophomore year of college, 1997....
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The Lost Art of Video Game Instruction Manuals
I still have them all in a plastic storage bin in my basement—every single video game manual I've managed to hold onto over the past...
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Legacy of Kain: The Forgotten Vampire Epic That Deserves a Comeback
I first encountered Legacy of Kain in the most appropriately gothic way possible—during a thunderstorm that had knocked out the power in most of...
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Video Game Remasters: Cash Grabs or Preservation Efforts?
I still have my original PlayStation copy of Final Fantasy VII. The four-disc jewel case sits on my shelf alongside other cherished relics from gaming...
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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...
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From Arcades to Esports: The Evolution of Competitive Gaming
The first time I ever witnessed truly competitive gaming, I was ten years old, standing on my tiptoes to see over a crowd of teenagers...
