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June 1, 2026 0

Building a video game archive 10,000 items at a time

By Brian Crecente

The Archivio Storico Barilla and its pasta museum house the oldest spaghetto in the world, dating back to 1837. It’s searchable online archives tell the entwined stories of both Barilla and Italian pasta. The public LEGO House, the private LEGO...

April 20, 2026 0

Gaming fans need a new safe haven

By Brian Crecente

It seems that many major players in the video game industry haven’t quite caught on to the fact that social...

April 10, 2026 0

Cuba’s next indie game is powered by fear, family, and the sun

By Brian Crecente

It is, perhaps, the perfect time in Cuba to make a horror game. Intertwined oil shortages and an economic crisis...

March 19, 2026 0

Crimson Desert Hands-on on a Handheld

By Brian Crecente

Crimson Desert is the sort of glee-generating, open-world graphical powerhouse that clearly isn’t designed to be played on a handheld PC....

January 29, 2026 0

A tumultuous time in the game industry is underscored by ICE at GDC fears

By Brian Crecente

In a response to a question about how GDC Festival of Gaming will react to ICE agents if they request information about...

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March 31, 2025 0

BBC: Could a ‘dating app’ for video games help smaller developers?

By Brian Crecente

I chatted with the BBC about the development of a new game discoverability app called Ludocene, that I'm listed as an expert for. The interview taps into the problem of...