The Game Scholar: What’s in a Name? – By Leonard Herman
Since the dawn of time, or at least since 1975 when every Tom, Dick and Harry began releasing their own forms of videogame console that used General Instruments’ AY- 3-8500 chip, people have been referring to all video tennis consoles as Pong consoles. This is quite...
The Sporting Life – By Leonard Herman, the Father of Video Game History
Since the beginning of videogame history, sports have always played a major role. Higinbotham’s Tennis For Two, Baer’s video table tennis, and Bushnell & Dabney’s Pong are also video versions of tennis or table tennis. But no matter how much you tell yourself that...
The Game Scholar: Keyboard Creations – By Leonard Herman
Labo, the do-it-yourself kits that released on April 20, 2018, are pure genius on the part of Nintendo. They’re somehow breathing new life into the Nintendo Switch, which right now is burning bright like a phoenix, while teaching kids (and adults) the principles of...
The Game Scholar: Revisiting History – By Leonard Herman
During my freshman year of college I took two semesters of a compre- hensive world history course. For the first semester class I had to purchase an expensive, hardcover history book, which was fine. However, when I returned for the second semester, which was being...Latest Magazine For Paid Subscribers
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