Real Life Museums Make Great Levels in The Division 2
The Division 2 is set in Washington, D.C. and that city is famous for all of its wonderful museums. Because Ubisoft is…
Mario Games Have Amazing First Levels
Ceave Gaming has done some amazing things in Mario games, like beating New Super Luigi. U without collecting or…
A History Of Bowling In Video Games
How many bowling games do you think have been made? I looked around and via the Giant Bomb wiki it seems like there…
An Outstanding Book For People Who Like Looking At Video Game Consoles
If you’ve ever looked up a video game console on Wikipedia, odds are you’re familiar with the work of Evan Amos.…
In Defense of ROMs, A Solution To Dying Games And Broken Copyright Laws
Various game emulation sites are pulling down their software libraries, or ceasing to exist entirely, following a…
Colonization Is The Best 4th Of July Video Game
Happy Fourth of July, America. Time to spend the day playing Sid Meier’s Colonization, the quintessential game about…
Repairing Japanese Castles Looks Tricky
In April 2016, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit Kumamoto, Japan. The region’s famed castle was badly damaged, but…
Japanese Maid Outfits, A Serious Look
Artist Ray Tatsumi has done an exhaustive in-depth study of Japanese maid outfits, tracing their origins from the UK…
Lesser-Known Moments From World War II That Should Be In Video Games
Call of Duty has returned to World War II. It wasn’t so long ago that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare saved us from…
There Was A 1908 Board Game About Women Fighting Cops In The Streets
Over 100 years ago, a board game was released called Suffragetto. The game pitted Suffragettes—women seeking the right…
Here's What Nintendo's HQ Looked Like In 1889
It’s well-known that Nintendo was originally founded in Kyoto, Japan as a maker of playing cards in 1889. But a recent…
Assassin's Creed IV's Sea Shanties Are A Treasure
Once a means of passing the time while sailors engaged in back-breaking labour on a ship, 2013 saw sea shanties take…
Holdfast: Nations At War Mixes Historical Battles With Online Shenanigans
Holdfast: Nations at War is a multiplayer game set during the Napoleonic era. Matches are a mixture of well-disciplined…
A Guide To The Real-Life Figures In Nioh
Nioh takes a lot of liberty with its historical setting but still maintains a large cast of famous warlords, samurai,…
WW2 Game Picks A Fight With Gandhi
I’m a big fan of the Order of Battle series, and while that’s mostly down to its snappy turn-based strategy, it’s also…
Which Ridiculous Historical Figure From Fate/Grand Order Would You Summon?
Since Fate/Grand Order made its way stateside, we’ve been embroiled in unlocking more and more historical figures for…
The History Of The Creeper, Minecraft's Most Infamous Monster
Silent, deadly, and destructive, creepers are probably the most dreaded mob in Minecraft. Fittingly, the creeper has a…
Battlefield 1 DLC Adds Female Soldiers
Battlefield 1's upcoming DLC In The Name Of The Tsar will open up the Eastern Front with the addition of the Russian…
Battlefield 1's New Maps, Compared To The Real World
Battlefield 1's newest DLC They Shall Not Pass adds one of the largest battles from World War One: the Battle of…
How People Actually Fought With Swords
From Gladiator to Braveheart, most historical fiction about fighting with swords is kinda wrong, influenced more by…