Monthly Archives: February 2016
This Day in Gaming History: A Wild Pokemon Appears
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Pokemon franchise, with February 27th 1996 being the Japanese release date of Pocket Monsters Red and Green on the Nintendo Gameboy. To say the original Pokemon games were a momentous release is an … Continue reading
UC Davis Creates an Interactive Game To Discuss Its Future
Tomorrow at 11am UC Davis is launching Envision, an interactive video game designed to allow students, faculty, and associated members to come together to discuss and chart the university’s future. The game will be live for 36 hours, during which … Continue reading
This Day in Gaming History: Nintendo’s Legend
30 years ago on February 21st 1986, The Legend of Zelda released on the Nintendo Famicom Disk System in Japan. This original title in the long running Legend of Zelda franchise has had tremendous effect on shaping our modern day gaming … Continue reading
FBI Releases Anti-ISIS Propaganda Video Game
There’s been a lot of strange games released for all sorts of peculiar reasons: PETA’s anti-Animal Abuse Pokemon game and Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015 come to mind as two particularly strange games with questionable motives. However, these games fail in … Continue reading
