April 27, 2012

An Illustrated History of Shmups .

March 28, 2012

Tracking down Super Mario: After a series of attempts to determine Super Mario Bros.' precise U.S. release date, Frank Cifaldi is forced to acknowledge that the task may be impossible. A more engaging read than you might expect.

March 11, 2012

Tennis for Two escaped the notice of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, but the world’s first video game — invented by physicist William Higinbotham in 1958 at Brookhaven National Laboratory on New York’s Long Island — has had a greater impact on the wider world than many of the lab’s Nobel-crowned efforts. Even so, Higinbotham never earned a cent for his effort

August 12, 2011

Native Representations in Video Games [via Racialicious]

May 28, 2011

A Brief History of Western Action RPGs at Hardcore Gaming 101.

May 5, 2011

The forthcoming L.A. Noire features a painstaking reconstruction of 1947 Los Angeles, from the streets to the skies.

February 17, 2011

The problem with most video game sites, especially review sites, is that those responsible for the writing have only experienced the tip of the iceberg. Dr. Sparkle over at Chrontendo attempts to fix that by playing everything released for the NES and Famicom. [more inside]

January 28, 2011

A truly graphic adventure: the 25-year rise and fall of a beloved genre. Ars Technica on 25 years of graphic adventure games.