So far, SUPERBRIEF has focused on interactive fictions such as Zork and Colossal Cave Adventure as some of the earliest standout computer games. While both of these (and many, many others) claimed tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons as one of their...
In the new book, Break Out: How the Apple II Launched the PC Gaming Revolution, the author, David L. Craddock, covers about two dozen influential Apple II computer games along with the companies and people who created them. For the book, Craddock states that he...
Remember the Ataribox? The “new” console by Atari? While not much was known originally about the console apart from what was revealed in a twenty-second video showing nothing but 3D renders (so, nothing) – recently, Atari sent out an email newsletter exposing...
Players all have their handful of familiar games they can turn to when we want to tune out the world beyond the screen. These games have likely been conquered – maybe several times over. We know the routes and what to expect around every corner. They are places...
Fellow Gamers, I’m extremely excited to be writing to you to inform you that we just released the Midwest Gaming Classic web site for 2018, and we have BIG news! The Midwest Gaming Classic will be moving from our long-time home of the Sheraton Milwaukee...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (SEPTEMBER 18, 2017) – Atari®, one of the world’s most recognized publishers and developers of interactive entertainment via its subsidiary, Vagabond Production Corp., and Fig, the community publisher behind such games as Phoenix Point, Pillars...