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Short Post on the Early History of Console Cloning

Posted on February 27, 2020 by

I wanted to share a guest blog post I did for the Strong Museum of Play’s Play Stuff Blog during my summer fellowship there last year. The post entitled, Clones in the Archives: Console and Software Cloning Practices in the … Continue reading →

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This Day in Gaming History: A Wild Pokemon Appears

Posted on February 26, 2016 by

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 →

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This Day in Gaming History: Nintendo’s Legend

Posted on February 20, 2016 by

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 →

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Games That Make a Difference: Never Alone

Posted on July 8, 2015 by

Some games are rare. Not rare in a sense that they are hard to find or procure, but rare in the sense that they don’t fit the mold of the traditional video game. Never Alone  (Also known as Kishima Innitchuna) … Continue reading →

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The Strong Museum Announces First Inductees To Video Game Hall of Fame

Posted on June 5, 2015 by

The Strong Museum, also known as the National Museum of Play, has announced their inductees to their first few inductees to their video game hall of fame. Who made the cut? Spoiler: You won’t be surprised by their choices! Let’s … Continue reading →

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This Day in Gaming History: Nintendo’s Revolution

Posted on May 17, 2015 by

This is a new feature on the blog in which we look back at some of the important landmarks of video game history and explore how they changed the video game landscape. Today we take you back to the futuristic … Continue reading →

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Strong Museum (NY) Is Creating Video Game Hall of Fame

Posted on February 18, 2015 by

“Video games don’t belong in museums, that’s where we put old chairs and paintings of dead people” – no one ever. The Strong Museum in New York, more commonly known as the national museum of play, is taking nominations for … Continue reading →

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Frisco Looks To Be Nation’s First Video Game Museum

Posted on September 21, 2014 by

http://www.polygon.com/2014/9/21/6742881/videogame-history-museum-location-national-frisco HEY. RAILROAD MUSEUM, MOVE OVER. Video games need a museum! Frisco (TX) is looking to invest in the nation’s first museum dedicated solely to video games. The Video Game History Museum, which up to this point has only been … Continue reading →

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Review: “Video Games The Movie”

Posted on August 13, 2014 by

Or more appropriately titled “Video Games The Documentary”. Amidst the number of summer movies that were released this summer, this one seemingly went under the radar beneath all of those transmorphers, ninja frogs, and earth defenders. I finally had a … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 26, 2013 by

Preserving The History of Video Games Here’s a very interesting piece about the International Center for the History of Electronic Games (ICHEG), a group seeking to preserve the history of video games. You may be saying “Hey, that’s not that … Continue reading →

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