Three months ago I landed my first long-term contract in almost a decade. I’d spent ten years as a creative entrepreneur, writing novels, producing podcasts,
Deciding upon a side-project to keep my skills sharp while working a long-term contract job. What is my best path forward?
A history of the first games you could hook up to your television, from Atari Home Pong, to all of its various and sundry clones.
Before the dawn of man, the Marvel Universe’s Earth saw the creation of the Elder Gods, the Microverse, and the Savage Land.
Bomb Bee, a 1979 Namco video pinball/breakout hybrid that wasn’t distributed in the US. Created by Touru Iwatani, father of Pac-Man.
An accurate at the time of writing pre-history of the Marvel Comics universe, from the Firmament to Galactus’s re-birth.
1979 saw more than a few Space Invaders clones, but Cosmo is closer to Taito’s Galaxian, released the same year in Japan by the company TDS.
Narrative Analysis of Square’s iconic game Final Fantasy for the Nintendo Entertainment system, itself largely a reaction to and attempt to outdo Dragon Quest.
Narrative analysis of the Nintendo Entertainment System classic Dragon Warrior, first successful console role-playing game from Japan.