From the Amiga 500, Atari ST, IBM PC, Super Nintendo, up to the Sega Genesis, I attempted to discover how "Another World" was implemented. I found an environment made rich by its diversity where the now ubiquitous CPU/GPU did not exist yet. In the process, I discovered the untold stories of seemingly impossible problems heroically solved by lone programmers.
A YouTuber takes a deep dive inside the wacky experimental ASCII art-based game ASCIICKER.
The late Silas Warner is barely remembered in gaming, but he did something extraordinary when he made "Castle Wolfenstein," one of the most influential games ever.
The end of 2019 is nigh, which means it's time for us to take stock of this year's crop of games. And it's been quite a year.
Arguments over whether game addiction is real have led to feuds between government departments and a national debate over policy.
Nobody set out to make one of this decade's most influential styles of game. It just happened. What's next?
A man spent 9 months developing a video game just to propose to his girlfriend.
Pakistani players seemingly came out of nowhere to dominate the classic fighting game this year.
15 significant gaming figures talk about the highs and the lows in gaming from 2010-2019.
Google AI researcher François Chollet argues we need to rethink how we measure AI's smarts to make better progress.
The technical and bandwidth issues are solvable, but Google failed to deliver other features.
Looking back a decade later reveals a game with scars, but one which also deserves a critical reassessment.
"Katamari Damacy" creator Keita Takahashi discusses his new game, "Wattam," for PS4 and PC, and why he still wants to make playground equipment.
Howard Scott Warshaw's video game was blamed for single-handedly sinking a multibillion-dollar market. But the true story is more complicated.
Sometimes you need to stunt on everyone at the gaming arcade.
A new challenge tests AI's ability to learn by watching
Players can now place a statue of viral sensation Baby Yoda in their Sims' home to brighten their virtual lives.
The console itself looks far more like a PC than we've seen from previous Xbox consoles, and Microsoft's trailer provides a brief glimpse at the new design.
Brian David Gilbert uses "The Sims 4" as a life hacking tool. Does it work?
The 2006 reboot of "Sonic the Hedgehog" — known as "Sonic 06" — was supposed to be a turning point for the blue blur. It was a massive flop.
What's lost when the Bungie classic gets improved visuals in the recent addition to the "Halo: Master Chief Collection."
Deals with Nintendo, Sega, and Microsoft could have dramatically changed the game industry's trajectory
Video games simply aren't made like this anymore
From a Norman Reedus hiking simulator to a game about being a horrible goose, these are the best video games of 2019.
AI Dungeon 2 is the closest thing there is to an infinite game.
"Tetris is bigger than video games. Even after thousands of years, it will never get old."
PlayStation Now had the keys to the cloud gaming kingdom, but Sony barely stuck a toe in the door.
A Tesla fan added the very blocky electric car to the Nintendo 64 James Bond game and it fits right in with the 1997 graphics.
It started out as a simple game of "Snake." It ended up becoming so much trippier than that.
Turn your back on no one. Trust no one. Especially people whom you think are your friends.
Old-school fans are reliving their favorite games from childhood with a punishing twist. It's called the Nuzlocke Challenge, and it's a unique way to keep the game fresh.
It was for a party where attendees come prepared with a three-minute lecture to deliver to their friends. You know, for fun.
It's the one activity where money becomes more magical and less weighty.
War. War never changes. Neither do the fundamentals of game development.
From pilgrimages to a massive omelette on a prehistoric plateau to collecting doughnuts from hanging trees, food was essential to the animal-based gaming site.
Unrestrained by the traditional limitations of dedicated handheld devices, Game Freak set out to make what it considers to be the ultimate version of Pokémon.
The odds seem to be against Google, even though Google would seem to have the best chance of making cloud gaming work of any company yet.
On Sunday, November 17, perhaps the most elaborately themed arcade in the country, Anata no Warehouse in Kawasaki, will shut down for reasons that remain unexplained.
Old school gaming console logos, from 1978's Magnavox Odyssey to 2009's Zeebo.
If only real cooking were this clean.
Harrisburg University has only one varsity program: e-sports. Is this the future of college athletics?
It's got big-money polish, but it's also rife with issues that make it irredeemably frustrating to play.
The role-playing game has made a surprising return to mainstream culture.
The "unfinished" indie casts a long, affecting shadow into 2020 and beyond
The "Story of Kamikuishiki Village" has been shared online as a game made by the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo cult. The real story is more complicated.
"For me it's not so much about winning. It's just about exploring what can be done and having fun with it along the way."
The launch of Stadia is only a week away, so it's extremely surprising that we're only learning about its launch titles now — but here they are.
Online multiple players, esports, and viral marketing — all owe something to the revolutionary Xbox first-person shooter.
"When my then-6-year-old son, Sam, was bitten by the Magic bug, I smelled a story."
It's tough to manage a massive RPG once you're nearly thirty.
Up until the moment she launched the Kickstarter campaign yesterday, Dispel Dice creator Karen Wang was worried that no one would want her handcrafted, sharp-edged, custom gaming dice.
It turns out that the Binary Space Partitioning tree used in "Doom" has its origins in research conducted for the military. That's right: E1M1, the first level of "Doom," was brought to you by the US Air Force.
Still a relatively young industry, gaming has mutated massively over the course of the last decade — and it's been a weird 10 years for video games.
We all really need to work on our trivia.
The setup is that the mysterious island of Pyst, having been thoroughly explored by four million people, is now a total ruin filled with nuclear waste and trailer parks, two iconic targets of 1990s humor.
After 10 years of repeated, high-profile product failures, NBA Live has finally exhausted all benefit of the doubt.
Most of these games either significantly advanced the art and craft of game design in the past 10 years, or innovated in the specific context of their genre.
Veteran game developer and the creative mind behind CryptoKitties explains why Apple Arcade is great for players, but he still has questions about the business model.
Amazon Marketplace sellers who deal in new, used and refurbished Nintendo products are now barred from selling on the platform without approval.
Complete with grimy pans, bloodstains, and the ambient buzz of chainsaws. Bon appétit!
