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2026

1974’s Bizarre Game Consolesoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2026
Whenceforth Dave Nutting?original ↗
4 May 2026
Play History, Episode #7original ↗
13 Feb 2026
2025, The Lossesoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2026

2025

Did Atari Delay the VCS?original ↗
29 Dec 2025
Selects #4 – Dating (Some of) the First CRPGsoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2025
Hidden Innovations of Golf Video Gamesoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2025
Sega’s One-Sided Storyoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2025
2024, The Lossesoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2025

2024

Insert Coin: The Exhibitoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2024
Ode to Blue Skies: The Importance of the Flight Simulatororiginal ↗
14 Jun 2024
Thumb Nation: How We Learned to Play With Our Fingersoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2024
2023, The Lossesoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2024

2023

Smart Terminals: Personal Computing’s True Origin?original ↗
23 Oct 2023
Play History, Episode #6original ↗
27 Sept 2023
1980s arcade game designers hid their names in high score tablesoriginal ↗
26 May 2023
Double Feature: Tetris and Pinballoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2023
Play History, Episode #5original ↗
30 Jan 2023
2022, The Lossesoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2023

2022

Play History, Episode #4original ↗
20 Dec 2022
Play History, Episode #3original ↗
13 Dec 2022
Play History, Episode #2original ↗
6 Dec 2022
Play History, Episode #1original ↗
28 Nov 2022
The First Video Game Console, A New Historyoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2022
Miyamoto’s Quote, Pac-Man, E3, and the Role of Hype Culture in Video Game Historyoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2022
The Forgotten First GDC: Gametronicsoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2022
Celebrating A Luminary: The Life of Jim Nitchalsoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2022
2021, The Lossesoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2022

2021

What to do about Steven Kent?original ↗
27 Dec 2021
How a Failed Atari Addon Led to EA Sportsoriginal ↗
23 Dec 2021
Why Computer Space Was a Successoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2021
Home to the Arcade: A Perfect Translationoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2021
David Rosen of Sega and His Vision for Arcade Gamesoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2021
Galaxian: The Hardware That Changed Video Gamesoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2021
Continue? How Games Became More than Scoreoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2021
2020, The Lossesoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2021

2020

The Problems with PLATOoriginal ↗
29 Oct 2020
Gaming Historians Respond to High Scoreoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2020
The Video Game History Booklistoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2020
Happy Gremlin Day! Announcements, Projects, and Moreoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2020
How Many Units Were Sold?: Playing the Numbers Game with Video Gamesoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2020
2019: The Lossesoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2020

2019

A Response to Ahoy’s “The First Video Game”original ↗
16 Oct 2019
A Gremlin in Our Midst: Frank Fogleman’s Binderoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2019
An Incomprehensible Run Down of Video Game Lawsuitsoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2019
First Music: The Mystery of the First Video Game Soundtrackoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2019
Chicago Legacy: Exploring Bally Manufacturingoriginal ↗
14 May 2019
The Unreleased Games of Sega-Gremlinoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2019
The History of How We Play – Status Updateoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2019
2018: The Lossesoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2019

2018

A Breakout Storyoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2018
Thief: The Dark Project – 20th Anniversary Oral Historyoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2018
Unofficial Slogans for Famous Game Publishersoriginal ↗
22 Oct 2018
Patented Heroesoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2018
Exploring the First Microprocessor Video Gamesoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2018
Historical Methods: The Genre Questionoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2018
How Do You Make a Game? Part 2: Development Toolsoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2018
Historical Methods: Interviewsoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2018
The Nintendo 64 Was the Culmination of 90s Virtual Realityoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2018
How Do You Make a Game?: A Look at Design Documents Throughout Historyoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2018
The Historiography of Video Games: Part 1original ↗
8 Jun 2018
Pixel Pushingoriginal ↗
30 May 2018
Selects #3: Fancy Electronic Gamesoriginal ↗
1 May 2018
Interview: Tom McHughoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2018
The History of How We Play Video Seriesoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2018
Selects #2: Modifyoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2018
Chicago Legacy: The Remnants of Williams Electronicsoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2018
2017: The Lossesoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2018

2017

The Mysteries of 2017original ↗
31 Dec 2017
Super Sales Sixoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2017
Jumporiginal ↗
15 Aug 2017
Who Created Periscope?original ↗
16 Jun 2017
A Tribute to Masaya Nakamuraoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2017

2016

2016: The Lossesoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2016
My Favorite New Facts from 2016original ↗
18 Dec 2016
Selects #1: Recreation and Shocksoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2016
Ampex Videofile for Videophilesoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2016
Full Game History Interview Listoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2016
Welcome to My Mindoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2016