April 3, 2021
When Cabbage Patch Creators Went Head-to-Head with Atari
The birth of video games, in many ways, was seeded in the fertile ground of an eclectic mix of different…
Author: Brian Crecente
March 31, 2021
Video Games, Digital Play, and the Future of the LEGO Group
Video games and the LEGO Group’s many other digital efforts are among the company’s chief focuses for the year, LEGO Group CEO Niels B. Christiansen said in…
March 27, 2021
How the Microvision Inspired Nintendo’s Game and Watch
I’ve never really believed the old story that the Game & Watch was inspired by a man playing around with…
March 24, 2021
Inside the LEGO Group’s Secretive Strategic Product Unit Darwin
The LEGO Group’s biggest early exploration into the digitization of the brick was started by a group of friends and…
March 17, 2021
Overwatch’s Unusual Journey From Esport to LEGO Set
It may surprise you to learn how few video games have made the leap to physical LEGO® theme sets. Despite the…
March 15, 2021
Sackboy: A Big Adventure remains cute as a button in next-gen
Last fall, the button-eyed Sackboy made the leap to 3D platformer as well as a next-gen platform with the release…
March 10, 2021
How Music and Brick Building Come Together in LEGO VIDIYO
LEGO® VIDIYO™ was born of a desire to mash together the endlessly creative possibilities engendered by the LEGO brick with the equally…
March 7, 2021
Jimmy the Greek and Handheld Gaming
Jimmy George Snyder Sr., better known as Jimmy the Greek, is not the sort of person you might connect with…
March 5, 2021
The Lodge
This week we take a trip to a winter wonderland that quickly turns into a psychological horror-scape in the deft…
March 3, 2021
LEGO Universe: Death of a Dream
LEGO® Universe launched after five years of development but was turned off less than two years after going live. The $125 million investment…