March 21, 2017
When pigs flew: The strange history of Capcom’s Big Bang Bar
A story of passion, creativity, bankruptcy and pinball’s downfall When I first heard the story, I thought it was an urban…
Author: Brian Crecente
March 15, 2017
Cuba: Where underground arcades, secret networks and piracy are a way of life
A look at how Cubans play, make, critique and find video games Like its music, like its art, Cuba is…
July 15, 2016
Games for Change: Violence and Games
Since the coin-op era, mainstream media have been obsessed with the alleged link between video games and violence. But decades…
May 11, 2016
A History of Handheld Gaming
Back in 2015, I spent a month or so researching the history of watches that play video games. The research…
May 2, 2016
Their future is Epic: The evolution of a gaming giant
“At our wedding, I got one of the last photos of the three of us together. It might be the…
December 11, 2015
A Harrowing Trek
At first glance, Furtune Troni, clutching a bagel in one hand and a half-empty cup of McDonald’s orange drink in…
December 7, 2015
Time killers: The strange history of wrist gaming
Flying cars, robot servants, personal jetpacks: This was the life envisioned for us by the futurists, science fiction writers and…
September 23, 2015
Reporter’s Toolbox
Below you’ll find a list of links I regularly use in the course of researching stories and people. I plan…
July 13, 2015
Strangers come to say farewell to dead child
The little girl danced at the end of her mother’s hand, blue dress glittering in the sun. She danced ahead,…
May 20, 2015
Brancaccio unfazed by second conviction
Victor Brancaccio’s mother fainted and his grandmother had to be helped out of the courtroom in a wheelchair, but the…