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Articles and publications tagged Video Game History across the Atmosphere.

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I'm Not Doctor Who
I'm Not Doctor WhoJul 11, 2026
#oneaday Day 764: Just games
There was yet another round of Tedious Discourse™ today over what the word "retro" really means, if anything, when it comes to video games. As always, there were lots of varying definitions, no agreement, and a bunch of people getting in a bit of a flap about it when their definitions of "retro" didn't line...
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gaminggaming culture
Les notes d’azura
Les notes d’azuraJul 7, 2026
Fermeture d'une collection d'archives du jeu vidéo en Allemagne
Il faut envisager en France une solution pérenne pour la préservation du jeu vidéo
video game historyHistoire JV
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetSep 1, 2024
Control Freaks
An analysis of how three weird-but-widespread game controllers shaped the way we play.
controlcontrollers
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetSep 15, 2021
Intellectual Pinball
Q: Following the great video game crash of 1983, where did arcade operators and bar owners go next? A: Trivia games!
triviatrivia games
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMay 21, 2021
Retro Psychology
Two memory scholars published a 1983 book on the psychology of video games. What elements of gaming culture are still with us, and what have faded away?
video gamesvideo game history
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMay 30, 2019
The World’s Most Pawsome Mascot
The story of the world’s greatest video game mascot, as it’s never been told before! Let’s discuss how great Bubsy T. Bobcat is … according to Bubsy T. Bobcat!
video gamesvideo game history
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetAug 14, 2018
Retail’s Tech Champion
Sears and Roebuck—a firm that has seen better days—helped sell the public on computers, video games, and online services. (They made great catalogs, too.)
searssears and roebuck
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetDec 27, 2017
Australian Rules Nintendo
What an Australia-only NES game secretly reveals about many of the early Nintendo games that came out in the United States.
australiabeam games
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetSep 14, 2017
The Knockoff Game
How the success of the Game Boy inspired a variety of rip-off consoles sold under a variety of bizarre corporate structures. This goes deeper than the Lynx.
video gamesvideo game history
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMay 1, 2017
An Extra Serving
The history of NESticle is so rich that some details wouldn’t fit into Ernie's recent Motherboard piece. He’s putting some of them here.
bloodlust softwareemulation

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