June 23, 2021
Myth, Maori, and a Brain Tumor: The BIONICLE Saga
For a time, LEGO® BIONICLE was a transmedia giant, standing knee-deep in an ocean of successful properties: 70 books, 50 comics and graphic…
Category: Video Games
June 16, 2021
How LEGO City Undercover Changed the Face of LEGO Games
Before it was a hidden gem packed with pop culture referential humor, hundreds of unique drivable vehicles, and a living open world, LEGO® City Undercover…
June 9, 2021
SimCity Inspired a Living LEGO Railway Video Game
Birds chirp, cars beep, a plane soars by toting a sign. A train huffs and chugs along tracks that cut over roads and through tiny towns bustling with activity. More SimCity…
June 2, 2021
The Amazing Spider-Stan Theme Song That Almost Was
Somewhere, tucked away on a server – perhaps on a Helicarrier adrift above Manhattan – are the doleful tones of Stan Lee singing “Spider-Stan.” It’s likely we’ll never hear it,…
May 26, 2021
How Nintendo Inspired LEGO Brawls’ mix-and-bash
Before LEGO® Brawls was a frenzied clash of minifigure mashups, Red Games Co. was designing a game much more like classic mobile runners Fun Run and Jet Pack Joyride, the developers said in…
May 23, 2021
The Inspiration Behind Mattel’s Handheld D&D Game
Mattel Electronic’s blood-red Dungeons & Dragons handheld was inspired by a nascent 1970s adventure text game and designed by a…
May 20, 2021
Chivalry 2 is designed to make you feel like you’re in a medieval war
It’s been nearly 15 years since a group of friends got together to create a free Half-Life 2 mod that turned the…
May 13, 2021
How Little Nightmares II plumbs the depths of adolescent angst
Released earlier this year, Little Nightmares II provides an eerie stage-setter for the horrors of the original 2017 Little Nightmares and its exploration of…
May 7, 2021
The Queen’s Gambit and Mattel’s Chess
Before The Queen’s Gambit, before the more than 30 published books about chess, there was a chance phone call and…
May 4, 2021
Death, Star Wars, and the LEGO Pooper Trooper
Before LEGO® Star Wars™: The Video Game crashed onto the scene, raking in millions and redefining what it meant to be a…