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Classic Sonic isn't hard. You're just bad at video games

3 posts · 3 months ago

The Legend of Zelda was an explicitly Christian game—until Nintendo of America desecrated it

9 posts · 5 months ago

A history of griefing: gamers who ruin your day for kicks

1 posts · 5 months ago

Funeral crashing and elf orgies: the definitive guide to two decades of WoW drama

1 posts · 5 months ago

The psychology behind your backlog of unplayed games

2 posts · 5 months ago

80 years before X-COM, H.G. Wells designed 'Little Wars'

1 posts · 5 months ago

You'll never be able to afford these top gaming battlestations

1 posts · 5 months ago

Want to experience an LSD trip? Try this crazy game

1 posts · 5 months ago

They really did that?! Little known games from big developers

1 posts · 5 months ago

Literally shovelware: that time they had to destroy 1,200lbs of unsold iCarly DS games

2 posts · 5 months ago

5 embarrassingly crappy parts of otherwise incredible classic games

1 posts · 5 months ago

Here's how to learn Japanese simply by playing retro video games

1 posts · 6 months ago

How close did we actually come to Fallout's nuclear future?

2 posts · 6 months ago

Top 5 most controversial Street Fighter characters

2 posts · 9 months ago

That time the Japanese adapted Crash Bandicoot and completely butchered it

1 posts · 9 months ago

Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack sucks. Play N64 games these 5 ways instead

1 posts · 10 months ago

Finish Him! The innovative violence that fueled Mortal Kombat's success

3 posts · 11 months ago

Gaming's most persistent myths and urban legends, debunked

14 posts · 11 months ago

It's true: 4 scientific ways video games make you better at sex

10 posts · 11 months ago

Former WoW Team Leader: "This won’t stop. WoW gamers are leaving for good. "

16 posts · 1 year ago

Blizzard employee reveals demoralization & drama inside "out of touch" company in massive leak

18 posts · 1 year ago

Why Final Fantasy 7 is (still) unstoppable

2 posts · 2 years ago

These photographs make video game worlds look real

1 posts · 2 years ago

Seditionis: Tower Defense reinvents while making love to the classics

3 posts · 2 years ago

The ultimate history of fighting games

3 posts · 2 years ago

The weirdest fighting games of all time

3 posts · 2 years ago

The 11 craziest video game feats ever captured on video

1 posts · 2 years ago

How our caveman instincts explain why we play video games

2 posts · 2 years ago

10 hilariously offensive Steam games you aren't allowed to buy any more

1 posts · 2 years ago

Under the thumb: the evolution of buttons

1 posts · 2 years ago

The making of Virtual Springfield: a journey through the Simpsons at its peak

1 posts · 2 years ago

'Adventure Mario': the making of The Legend of Zelda

1 posts · 2 years ago

The Mission: the most bizarre soccer game ever made

1 posts · 2 years ago

How great puzzle games deconstruct our world

1 posts · 2 years ago

Swearing at the screen: a history of rudeness in text adventures

1 posts · 2 years ago

The secret history of G.I. Joe and Transformers

1 posts · 2 years ago

The world of video game vinyl

1 posts · 2 years ago

FIFA 21 update allows players to set limits on how much they can spend on microtransactions

1 posts · 2 years ago

Mint condition Super Mario Bros. 3 cartridge breaks all records—sells for $156k

1 posts · 2 years ago

Is true next-gen Cyberpunk 2077 worth the wait?

2 posts · 2 years ago