November 7, 2018
‘Spacewar!’: Birth of the Game Industry
It was a pilgrimage of sorts. Some of the biggest, most established names in the nearly $140 billion game industry…
Author: Brian Crecente
August 17, 2018
The Story Behind the Story of ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’
“Red Dead Redemption 2” doesn’t deliver one story, it delivers 23 of them. And in true Rockstar Game fashion, that’s not…
January 8, 2018
The 1099 Podcast
On this week’s episode, the editorial director at Glixel, a founding editor and former executive editor for Polygon, and the…
November 8, 2017
Classic Arcade Machines Make a Come Back $100 a Pop
Shilo Prychak gently, almost tenderly, lifts a bundle from his backpack laying spread apart on the floor and places it…
October 23, 2017
Heroes: God of War’s Kratos
In God of War, we’ve seen Kratos get his revenge on the Greek gods, but is he a hero? Creators…
July 7, 2017
Video game journalism and newsroom management
Journalism ethics is never more murky than when removed from the stark light of dire circumstances. The decisions a reporter…
April 12, 2017
From hacker to Valve and back again
Flame-throwing race car driver, circuit board hacker, computer store chain founder, toymaker, game tweaker, car builder: Before co-founding her own augmented…
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…
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…