December 2, 2024
Retro gaming thrives in the shadow of AAA handhelds
It’s an exciting time in the gaming industry as both Microsoft and PlayStation seem to be in the process of…
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October 21, 2024
Space Invaders and the not-so-smart watch
Sometimes, technology can offer us too much. Smartphones deliver cameras, games, music, video, communication, tracking, sorting, work, play, and, yes,…
August 6, 2024
How Tetris became playable on a McNugget and in a Slurpee
Tetris is everywhere. From the esoteric (the Soviet Union’s Electronika 60 in 1985) to the mainstream (the Nintendo Switch) to the…
June 29, 2024
Borderlands, Metal Gear Solid, and the art of the video game adaptation
The first time I spoke with Ari Arad about the Borderlands movie was about seven years ago, perhaps an impressive length of…
May 31, 2024
Finding a spark of hope in a sea of layoffs
It’s been 2 days since lives were upended. It’s been 2 days since dreams were crushed. It’s been 2 days since an industry…
April 1, 2024
Game development in the time of a Cuban crisis
For a while, things looked very, very bad for Cuba’s first modern indie video game. Exploding onto the scene nearly…
March 22, 2024
Why the New York Times returned to video game coverage and if it will last
It’s approaching a year since the New York Times cannonballed its way back into video game coverage with a splashy,…
February 14, 2024
Lenovo’s Legion Go is a chunky, decadent system
It has among the beefiest screens in the burgeoning handheld PC gaming market, arguably the fastest chipset, and enough extra…
November 10, 2023
Handheld PC Gaming is having its moment (for early adopters)
I’m a sucker for handhelds. But even if I weren’t endlessly researching the history of handheld gaming, even if I…
May 15, 2023
Why AMD is investing in PC handheld gaming
Keep your eye on the handheld gaming PC. With only a few years of commercial release, the unique form factor…