Tag Archives: Nintendo

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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Splatoon 2 Players Fight Hate with LGBT Pride

Posted on August 23, 2017 by

There’s been an interesting development going on in the Splatoon 2 community. Players can interact with their fellow peers via shared in-game pictures and messages. For anyone familiar with Mii-verse, these messages are more or less mii-verse posts in game … Continue reading →

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Can the Nintendo Switch Create Physical Gaming Spaces?

Posted on May 29, 2017 by

I recently did a pilot study of physical gaming spaces and why individuals choose to attend gaming events. I’m currently looking to extend the pilot study to a fully realized research project, and will hopefully share it when it is … Continue reading →

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Pokemon Go: A Bizarre Social Experiment

Posted on July 13, 2016 by

I don’t need to tell you that Pokemon Go released this week for IOS and Android in the U.S, you already know this because of the numerous grown adults who have stopped right in front of you while walking.  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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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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Nintendo Celebrates Women’s History Month

Posted on March 18, 2015 by

Nintendo’s been making some headlines this week with their announcement that they’ll soon be entering the smartphone app world, but they’ve also been hard at work highlighting some of their memorable female characters in honor of Women’s History month. Here … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “Console Wars” by Blake J. Harris

Posted on July 20, 2014 by

We’re back in July with a new type of post! A book review! Wow! Due to my slovenly nature and general  disdain for sitting around and reading, I’ve never had the chance to share my thoughts and opinions on a … Continue reading →

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Nintendo at E3: More Gender inclusion (Is that a female Link!?)

Posted on June 10, 2014 by

Nintendo’s digital event went live this morning, and they showed off an array of games including the first footage of the upcoming Zelda game, Smash Brothers, and Yoshi title. As we discussed during last year’s E3, Nintendo has really been … Continue reading →

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