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The Video Game Life – by Chris Tang
Now I’ll be shifting focus from competition to game development, as I continue to share stories with life-lesson takeaways to highlight how some of my successes in gaming were made possible. I’ve been involved in a wide variety of disciplines, but it all comes from a...
William’s Pinball History – by Michael Thomasson
Without question, Williams’ pins are the gold standard in the industry. After designing just shy of 450 unique pins, they are by far the most prominent producer of pinball machines of all time. The Williams Manufacturing Company dates back to 1943. Its founder, Harry...
Zen Studios’ New Pinball FX Launches
The Most Ambitious Digital Pinball Platform in Videogame History Kicks Off With 86 Tables Upon Release (Introducing ‘The Addams Family’!), Exciting New Features, and the Promise of Continuous Expansion With today’s release of Pinball FX, a...
Ken and Roberta Williams Reveal Colossal Cave’s 2023 Roadmap
Sierra On-Line founders Ken and Roberta Williams(King’s Quest, Space Quest, Phantasmagoria, etc.) proudly delivered Colossal Cave to the world on January 19th, 2023, and they’ve just unveiled a robust roadmap outlining the exciting updates to come in 2023 and beyond....
Five Retro NHL Hockey Games We’d Love to See Come Back
With Football season over and Baseball a month away, we’re smack in the middle of NHL season. If you’re a gamer, the only thing you have to play currently is NHL 2023. While there are other indie titles out there, the amount of licensed hockey games available on...
Transferring 3DS and WiiU Funds – You still have time!
You'll Have One Year To Transfer Funds Once 3DS & Wii U eShops Close, Says Nintendo Ahead of the 3DS and Wii U eShop closures next month, Nintendo of Europe has shared a reminder on Twitter on what you can do in the lead up and aftermath of the end of the...
Defender : Arcade to Console – by Eugenio Angueira
In 1981, Williams Electronics released a horizontal shooter game by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar that took the arcades by storm. That game was Defender. In this game the player controls the Defender to protect humanoids, who have been stranded in some planet, from...
ATARI 50 – by Brad Feingold
History has never been my favorite class in high school or college. I know there were very important facts, but flat out, I just couldn’t remember the dates and people involved… and it was boring. I needed a reason to stay engaged. Years after my education, there is...
This Day In Video Game History
