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    Orionsaint: That's my idea of Heaven! more »
    Eltigro: Nah, I wouldn't like it. The sensor bar on the Wii isn't straight. Okay, kidding. It's very nice. I see several things I have on my personal "want... more »
    Gyaruson: Bury me in it. more »
    ShaSt One: First person to tell me what game the cartridge in the Nintendo64 is, I will follow you, and kiss your comment more »
    (Starman) NONAME: Now THIS is a room that I can stay in. He went for the classy and decided to go all glass-case display on us... Now that's what I call true dedicatâ€... more »
    smithy cat: What you really have to admire is that this guy didn't do the typical "pile things in giant piles" but rather went for classy glass case arrangements.... more »
    plasticmouse: He has a Vectrex :3 more »
    Chowderholic: Imagine all the time it takes to dust all that stuff off... more »
    netMASA: These image responses are classic. more »
    zåɳzißarleɠёпȡ: he managed to hide the PS3 phat, that in of itself is impressive. {◕‿◕! more »
    TheVegetarianBurgerKing: God damn... more »
    Super16Bit: I have trouble dusting my Mario collection, this must be hell dusting this Haven. more »
    minusX: Wait...in picture 7 it looks like he has...eye pet already? Is it out in PAL? more »
    Sutekh_Slain: There's something wrong with me. Instead of that room is full of win, my inital reaction was, man that room would be a bitch to clean. more »
    pandafresh: i really hope that shits insured. a fire, and poof, a grown man in tears for days more »
    Sheng-Long-Lives: Picture 6 has Parapa and Mario standing side by side. Wouldn't a crossover in the next smash brothers or mario in a parapa game would be awesome? It ... more »
    EderC: This must be the place the Triforce calls home ... more »
    Shiryu: I have read of this place all my life, written down in holy books, spoken legends and sometimes just whispers in the wind. some call it "Heaven", I ju... more »
    yanipheonu: One day I shall have a great game collections.... Some day *looks fondly into distance* Actually that might be a good idea to get me some old console... more »
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    A Retro Gaming Room I Could Die In

    I've seen many a lovely retro gaming room in my lifetime, but this one from Netherlands resident donkey*kong makes me want to lay my head down on his Famicom pillow and quietly pass away. More »
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    Historians Rebuilding Old Atari Chips

    The Atari Museum is reconstructing several of the original company's proprietary chips - including those from the 2600/VCS, 5200, and the 8-bit personal computer line - using data recovered from the reel-to-reel tapes used in their original manufacture. More »
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    WW2 Games Aren't Dead, They Just Need New Digs

    As has been established by science, there are over 100 recent video games set during the Second World War. Yet for a war that literally spanned the globe, we sure do spend a lot of time in, and above, France. More »
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    First Video Game Ever Sold is Being Sold

    Two arcade cabinets for Nolan Bushnell's Computer Space, regarded as the first commercially sold video game ever, have been listed on eBay. The games, which predated Pong by about a year, are currently going for $1,500 and $2,500. More »
  • #clips

    Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising's Skira Island

    Explore the history of Skira Island, the fictional setting for Codemasters upcoming Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, coming in October for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. More »
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    Ten Years Ago: "Halo is the Name of This Game."


    In 1999, Bungie was probably the best-known studio developing specifically for Macintosh, having delivered titles like Marathon, Myth, and Pathways Into Darkness. At Macworld 1999, Steve Jobs introduced the studio's next big Mac exclusive: Halo. More »
  • #themoon

    Forty Years Later: Putting Video Games on the Moon

    Tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of the date humans first landed on the Moon. Earth's satellite has been a setting for games, or levels in them, going back to Lunar Lander in the 1970s. More »
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    Mario's Family Line

    It's not a family tree - a) that would be too large and b) it assumes games mate and produce offspring. This is a family line, showing all Mario games, by generation, with their siblings. More »
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    Underground Railroad Video Game Tells The Whole Story

    After what she says was ages of misrepresentation in books, films, and television, Norfolk University history professor Cassandra Newby-Alexander wants to tell the true story of the slave-liberating Underground Railroad using a video game. More »
  • #pioneers

    The Father of Cartridge-Based Consoles

    Overshadowed in popular culture by the Atari VCS, the Fairchild Channel F is little more today than the answer to a trivia stumper: the first game console to use cartridges. And this man built it. More »
  • #pc

    A Complete History Of 3D Graphics Cards

    Donning their historian caps, Maximum PC have gone through the archives and posted a complete history of perhaps the biggest thing to hit PC gaming in the last 20 years: the 3D graphics card. More »
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    Edge Explores The Genesis Of The PlayStation

    The history of Sony's original PlayStation is largely well known to gamers, born of a disagreement with Nintendo, who it once partnered with to provide a CD-ROM drive for the Super Nintendo. More »
  • #feature

    Can Games Handle History?

    Human history is the greatest story ever told. It's also, courtesy of the attached social, political and religious significance, the most dangerous. So what happens when games try and tell it? More »
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    The National Center for the History of Electronic Games Established

    The Strong National Museum of Play has officially established The National Center for the History of Electronic Games, celebrating video gaming's role in American playtime. More »
  • #retrospective

    GameTap Remembers Sonic The Hedgehog's Better Days

    Did you know that Sonic the Hedgehog's boots were inspired by Michael Jackson? You will after watching all four parts of GameTap's exhaustive retrospective on everybody's favorite spiny blue mammal. More »
  • #timewaster

    Sunday Timewaster: Guess All the Consoles Released

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    Proto-Pong Honored at Nuclear Laboratory

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  • #historyisfun

    IBM and the Palace Museum Launch the 'Virtual Forbidden City'

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