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The Motörhead Video Game Was a Not-So-Fitting Tribute to Lemmy's Greatness
The legendary Motörhead front man was not only fond of video games, he starred in one.
'Back to the Future' Was Cool, but 1985 Was an Amazing Year for Video Games
The beginning of the console wars, the release of the original "Super Mario Bros.," home computing changing forever with the Amiga. 1985 was big.
A Guide to the Worst Video Game Controllers Ever Made
From the Atari Jaguar pad to the giant monstrosity that was the original Xbox controller.
Play the Video Game Elon Musk Coded When He Was 12
In 1984, Elon went by "E. R." and he made a bad video game.
A Look Back at the Legendary Bitmap Brothers Video Game Studio
The coolest Amiga developers ever, this studio did things in the early 1990s that made their peers weep with envy.
The Past, Present, and Future of Iconic Game Developer Team17
The British institution has an amazing track record of putting out innovative indie games.
How Ocean Software Finally Made Movie-License Video Games Worth Playing
For years, games based on films were terrible. But then came quite the sea change.
Role-Playing Games Have Been My Life Before I Even Knew What They Were
How I discovered the joys of a sometimes confusing, often trope-ridden genre.
I'll Never Love a Computer Like I Loved the Commodore Amiga
With a massive catalogue available to anyone with a penchant for piracy, the Amiga defined a generation of British gamers.
Why Don't More Video Games Play Themselves?
Dreeps is a new iOS game that plays itself, and I, for one, wish more games would follow suit.
Andy Warhol's Forgotten Floppy Disk Art Has Been Found
If you've ever had difficulty opening, say, a .docx file, you can imagine the trouble inherent in retrieving files off of Commodore floppies.
A Tale of Two Computers: When Atari & Commodore Fought For The 80s
In 1985, personal computers were gearing up for another major throwdown. In response to the release of the Macintosh just a year prior, many systems were finally beginning to approach reasonable price points, causing an immense spike in home computer...