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…
Category: Video Games
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…
February 27, 2021
Digi Casse, Game Kid and the LCD Game Catridge
In the beignning there was Mattel Football, and it was good. Technically, that’s not really true. The first handheld is…
February 24, 2021
Exploring the soundscape of LEGO Universe
When LEGO® Universe died in 2012, it didn’t just shut off access to the imagined worlds of Avant Gardens, Gnarled Forest, and Forbidden…
February 21, 2021
Before the Game Boy There Was the Game Pocket Computer
Five or so years before the Game Boy blew everyone’s collective socks off, there was a slew of attempts to…
February 17, 2021
The Rise and Fall of LEGO Universe: Inception
The LEGO Group’s biggest single investment in a video game cost more than $125 million and involved more than 450 contributors…
February 14, 2021
A History of the Portable Mega Drive
The Sega Genesis (known as the Mega Drive everywhere but in North America) has a weird history when it comes…
February 10, 2021
How Sonic Mania Was Turned Into a LEGO Set
Sam Johnson’s first reaction when he saw that the LEGO Group may be designing a new set based on SEGA’s® beloved Sonic…
February 6, 2021
Nokia’s Gaming, Sidetalking, Taco Phone
Before smartphones from Apple, Samsung, and the like were dominating the mobile gaming space, Nokia burst onto the scene with…
February 3, 2021
How Harry Potter and an amazing demo led to LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
“When the team shared with me that very first LEGO® Star Wars™ demo, that’s probably the seminal key moment in my career.…