December 9, 2020
The LEGO Minecraft That Almost Was
The creator of Minecraft was well into development of a LEGO® brick take on his massive hit when he decided to…
Category: Video Games
December 3, 2020
Turning Your Phone Into a Handheld
Mattel Football, Game & Watch, Game Boy. Nomad, Game Gear, PlayStation Portable. Analog Pocket, Switch, Play Time. Dedicated gaming systems…
December 3, 2020
Next-gen gaming: Evolving concepts of creation, consumption, and community
Video games are made of code and powered by technology, but they are also intrinsically linked to nebulous, ever-evolving contemplative…
November 8, 2020
Russia’s Game & Watch
Back in the 1980s, many of the Soviet Union’s most talented engineers were moonlighting. They all had a day job,…
October 20, 2020
The magic of creating Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Among the many eclectic, enticing new creations headed to the PlayStation 5 is one title made by a small indie studio known…
October 18, 2020
The Tilt-Screen Handheld That Game Boy Killed
The late ’80s and early ’90s saw a boom of handheld consoles; unlike the early single-game systems first introduced in…
October 11, 2020
When Galaxian went handheld and two-player
They were called games for the discriminating player, and in many ways, these late ’70s and early ’80s handhelds lived…
October 4, 2020
How the Little Professor Almost Launched an Army of Educational Professors
While it may not be high on the list for most handheld game collectors, the Little Professor remains one of…
September 27, 2020
Tomy’s Electro-Mechanical Wonder, Blip
A year after Mattel released the first electronic handheld, a Japanese company released a very different sort of hand gaming…
September 24, 2020
Amazon Unveils Luna: A Gaming Version of Prime Video
The other shoe finally dropped. I’ve been saying for years that there are only three companies in the world that…