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CultureTotal RecallTwo John Hurt Video Games That Couldn’t Be More Different
Tender Loving Care was an experiment in interactive cinema while Privateer 2: The Darkening was an ill-fated Wing Commander spin-off. They were the only two games actor John Hurt ever performed in, but even the rich, rumbling tones of his English voice could do little to save either one. In 1996, two years prior to…
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CultureTotal Recall
The Man Who Worked On The Original Game Boy Explains Why Nintendo Created The DS
Satoru Okada, who was General Manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering before he retired in 2012, said in a recent interview with Retro Gamer Magazine that no one on the handheld team liked the idea of the DS when it was first proposed. If some folks had gotten their way, Nintendo would have produced a…
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CultureTotal RecallThe History Of Gaming Balloons In The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Since 1927 the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been filling the skies of New York with colorful balloon representations of pop culture icons. Video games didn’t enter the picture until 1993, and only three gaming icons have made the cut so far. This piece originally appeared 11/26/14. Some updates have been made for the…
By Mike Fahey
