Video gaming exploded in the 1980s with the advent of the at-home console. Nintendo, Atari, Magnavox, and others set the ...

Video games are still a young medium in the grand scheme of things, but have been around for well over 50 years now. After the arcade boom in the 70s, home consoles slowly took over the gaming ...

When it comes to video games, chances are some of them will only ever appeal to one specific group of people. For every memorable title that becomes a household name, like Sonic the Hedgehog, there's ...

Video game consoles have always been more than just machines—they’re cultural artifacts, memory generators, and collector’s items. While most consoles lose value as technology evolves, a rare few have ...

When Game Informer was unceremoniously shuttered in 2024 after operating for more than 30 years, it was yet another sobering reminder that corporations shouldn’t be trusted to cherish and preserve ...

In the mid-’70s, Mattel Electronics started putting together a plan to release a game console that would end up taking on Atari, showing the future of what games could be, and introducing what remains ...

Why it matters: Researching video game history often requires sifting through analog materials that can be difficult or even impossible to access. The Video Game History Foundation recently took a ...