Nintendo Has Now Been Making Video Games For 40 Years
July 2017 marks a big anniversary for Nintendo: The company has now been producing video game hardware and software for…
If Every Game Was A Pokémon Clone
Pokémon’s turn-based battles and exploration have been delighting gamers for nearly two decades, but does the formula…
The 'Not A Game' Argument Is A Sad Way To Look At Games
Saying a game isn't actually a "game" has become the quick and easy way to deride games we don't like or understand.…
Don't F**k Up: A Video Game For Drunk People
I love it when bars and restaurants have video games. Whether it’s a wall-to-wall gaming experience like Barcade or a…
Pong and Minecraft Join 14 Classic Games in The Museum of Modern Art
The next time you go to New York City’s Museum of Modern Art to take in, say, a retrospective of Le Corbusier, you’ll…
Mind-Controlled Pong is One Step Toward a World Cup Kickoff
Controlling games with brainwaves is a vogue research subject—Patricia Hernandez herself tested out a demo that…
Watch a Game of Pong Played on the Side of a 29-Story Building
Frank Lee, a professor at Drexel University's Westphal College of Media and Design, brought a five-year obsession to a…
It's Full Body Pong, You Guys. Full. Body. Pong.
Perhaps the most creative game at this year's JAEPO arcade game expo was e Sports Ground. Utilizing a series of…
Here's a Monstrous New Way to Celebrate 40 Years of Pong
Celebrating 40 years of Atari's take on video game tennis, Pong World transforms those primitive paddles into furry…
Waiting Around? Don't Play Games On Your Phone; Just Play Games On The Traffic Light Instead
On the one hand, it seems a bit ridiculous. Who needs a game embedded in their walk light? Is the humble button not…
These Real-Life Versions Of Video Games Are Wonderfully Bizarre
I admit it's really strange to see Pac-Man with legs, but I love this picture nonetheless.
Before Menu Screens, we Adjusted Consoles With Buttons
These wonderful shots are courtesy of Bleeping Relics, and show the control boards of a trio of old Pong consoles.…
Look How Awesome Old Video Games Were in Old Movies
Seeing video games in a movie these days, or even a movie based on a video game, is nothing out of the ordinary. It's…
Make Your Own Version of Pong, (Maybe) Win $100,000 [UPDATE]
In honor of Pong's 40th anniversary, publisher Atari is now taking entries for what it calls the "Pong Indie Developer…
Police Academy Star Beeps and Boops His Way Through Video Game Sound-Effects History
Join Michael Winslow—the noise-making star from Police Academy—on a cursory run through The History of Videogame SFX.…
This 8-Bit Atari Homage Takes the 'Cake'
If you can steel yourself for a post-modern jumble of space exploration and robotic sing-song, Upside Down Cake's…
Let Pong Explain the Occupy Wall Street Movement to you
Maybe you don't quite know what all the Occupy Wall Street fuss is about. May you don't care. The MK12 creative…
The Simplest Video Game Legos
It doesn't take many Lego pieces to make these video game icons, as seen on Encaja en CAMON's Flickr stream.
These Lego People Liked The Older Games
Flickr user Sirekat likes to take Lego mini-figures out on the town. To the Louvre. To the Centre Pompidou. To the…
Atari Founder Was "Stupid" To Sell The Company
In 1972, Nolan Bushnell founded Atari. The company would go on to define video games during the 1970s. And just when…