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50 Years of Video GamesArcadeFeatured Game
April 11, 2022 1981, Other Systems

50 Years of Video Games: Galaga (Arcade)

In 1981 Namco was riding high on the success of Pac-Man from the previous year, but Pac-Man was only the

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50 Years of Video GamesArcadeFeatured GamePac-Man
April 10, 2022 1980, Other Systems

50 Years of Video Games: Pac-Man (Arcade)

Video games had been slowly finding their footing during the 1970s, but it was 1980 that would give the burgeoning

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50 Years of Video GamesArcadeFeatured Game
April 9, 2022 1979, Other Systems

50 Years of Video Games: Lunar Lander (Arcade)

In 1969, mankind took its first steps on the moon, and with video games rising in popularity fairly shortly after,

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50 Years of Video GamesArcadeFeatured Game
April 8, 2022 1978, Other Systems

50 Years of Video Games: Atari Football (Arcade)

In the world of video games, 1978 is defined by one major historical release: Space Invaders. However, I have previously

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50 Years of Video GamesAtari 2600Featured Game
April 7, 2022 1977, Atari

50 Years of Video Games: Combat (Atari 2600)

While home consoles have been a part of the video game medium since nearly the start, the Magnavox Odyssey even

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50 Years of Video GamesArcadeFeatured Game
April 6, 2022 1976, Other Systems

50 Years of Video Games: Breakout (Arcade)

I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the simple joys of a block breaker game. It visualizes

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50 Years of Video GamesArcadeFeatured Game
April 5, 2022 1975, Other Systems

50 Years of Video Games: Gun Fight (Arcade)

Even in its earliest days video games were at least a little violent. Computer Space was about blasting UFOs while

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50 Years of Video GamesArcadeFeatured Game
April 4, 2022 1974, Other Systems

50 Years of Video Games: TV Basketball (Arcade)

Prior to 1974, you didn’t actually see human beings in video games. Sure, sometimes they were cheated in like how

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50 Years of Video GamesArcadeFeatured Game
April 3, 2022 1973, Other Systems

50 Years of Video Games: Gotcha (Arcade)

In 1973 the video game world was still mostly wrapped up in Pong fever. Rather than trying to bring something

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50 Years of Video GamesArcadeFeatured Game
April 2, 2022 1972, Other Systems

50 Years of Video Games: Pong (Arcade)

While the first publicly available video game released in 1971, people would not really take notice of interactive digital entertainment

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Featured GamePC
April 1, 2022 2020, PC

Frog Fractions: Game of the Decade Edition (PC)

If you were browsing the internet for flash games back in 2012 and came across a game called Frog Fractions,

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3DSFeatured Game
March 30, 2022 2012, Nintendo

Ketzal’s Corridors (3DS)

Conceiving of a practical use for the 3DS’s glasses-free 3D in a game proved to be a difficult task few

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Featured GamePS4
March 28, 2022 2018, PlayStation

Wordhunters (PS4)

When I think of word games like word searches, crosswords, and anagrams, they always seem more like solitary affairs meant

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Dragon QuestDSFeatured Game
March 26, 2022 2006, Nintendo

Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (DS)

With Dragon Quest being one of the longest running and most popular role-playing game series, you would think one of

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3DSFeatured Game
March 24, 2022 2014, Nintendo

Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball (3DS)

Nintendo’s often been a little slow to adopt the latest trends in gaming, and while that can sometimes lead to

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Featured GamePS3
March 22, 2022 2012, PlayStation

Syndicate (PS3)

In EA’s 2012 reboot of the Syndicate series, developer Starbreeze Studios manages to create a cyberpunk world that, while featuring

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Featured GamePS4
March 20, 2022 2020, PlayStation

Freedom Finger (PS4)

When your video game is based around piloting a flying middle finger, you’re going to run into a few issues

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Featured GameXbox One
March 18, 2022 2020, Xbox

Observation (Xbox One)

After playing Tacoma and Deliver Us the Moon, two games about astronauts where the wonders of moving around in space

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Featured GameSwitch
March 16, 2022 2021, Nintendo

Kaze and the Wild Masks (Switch)

While finding the DNA of the Super Mario Bros. series in other side-scrolling platformers is fairly common and even Sonic

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Featured GamePS4
March 14, 2022 2015, PlayStation

Leo’s Fortune (PS4)

If you told me there is a platforming game where you play as a furball with a lush mustache, I’d

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Featured GamePS3
March 12, 2022 2010, PlayStation

Naughty Bear (PS3)

When I first heard of the premise behind Naughty Bear, it frankly sounded rather ingenious. It’s not uncommon for teenagers

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