Year: 2018

September 30, 2018

Bad Blood

Chris Roberts has become a name synonymous with the term “video game designer.” Like Richard Garriott with Ultima and Shigesato …

September 28, 2018

There are only two truly notable games in the Spec Ops series, the first and the last. Spec Ops appeared …

September 25, 2018

In mainstream video game discourse, the mid-90s are often seen as an awkward growing period for the medium. The introduction …

September 23, 2018

This article is part of our Japanese Obscurities feature. We put out a whole book about them, which is available …

September 23, 2018

Here at HG101, we currently have a few books already in the works: The Guide to Retro Horror (due in …

September 22, 2018

Dune II may not have been the first real-time strategy game ever made – a title often bestowed upon Herzog …

September 20, 2018

Personal games – games whose narrative strictly focuses on the quotidian and whose mechanics bend to meet that narrative – …

September 18, 2018

Though Sega’s Master System only seized a small fraction of the Japanese and North American markets, it did very well …

September 16, 2018

This article is part of our Japanese Obscurities feature. We put out a whole book about them, which is available …

September 15, 2018

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Whispered World, The

Spoiler Warning: Silence will remain unspoiled, but in order to discuss it, The Whispered World’s big twist will have to …