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Gaming History

A collection of 17 posts

Opinion

Searching for Wonder in a Toxic Gaming Landscape

Pulling back from the brink

Opinion

The Stories Within Our Artifacts

Physical games are so much more than just a piece of plastic

Feature

The Early Years of the MMORPG Market in Brazil (2004–2010): The Golden Era of Level Up Games

How the MMORPG genre came to prominence in Brazil

Feature

A Console You've Never Heard of Kickstarted Gaming in the Middle East

Introducing the Sakhr صخر

Feature

Reroll: Looking Beyond D&D and Pathfinder

Exploring the complex relationship between tabletop and video game RPGs

Review

I Didn’t Learn Much at the Nintendo Museum, but I Appreciated Nintendo’s History

Exploring what the new Nintendo museum in Uiji City looks like inside and whether it's worth the trip

Feature

20 Years of Yume Nikki

The danger of dreams in RPG-form

Feature

Tetris at 40: The Twisting Tale of Its Journey to Handhelds

The most-ported game ever found its way to some very unusual places

Retrospective

The Rise, Fall, Revival, and Eventual Death of G4TV

The life cycle of a once-beloved gaming culture pioneer

Active Time Event

Active Time Event Volume 1: 30 Years of Doom's Enduring Influence in Gaming

A celebration of the iconic first-person shooter

Feature

How Punk Culture Influenced Gaming

The intersection of punk and digital entertainment

Feature

The Brief Reign of Troika Games

Celebrating an incredible legacy

Feature

Breath of Fire IV: The Duality of the Dragons

Celebrating the remarkable, but flawed, classic RPG

Feature

Tribes: The Great FPS Underdog, Part 2

From sequel success to its modern-day legacy, we trace the story of Tribes to its conclusion

Feature

Tribes: The Great FPS Underdog, Part 1

Tracing the life cycle of Tribes from release to the closing of its developer

Feature

Pinnacles of the Resident Evil Franchise

The highest highs of the venerable series

Opinion

I Miss Running Out of Games to Play

The forgotten value of the occasional disc purchase