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Book Review: Japanmanship
(Apr 1, 2013)
Dissecting what an insiders guide to making a career in the Japanese game development industry can offer to the layman.
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Game Club 199X Episode 16: Electro Man
(Mar 10, 2013)
No FAQs, no cheats, no save states: Playing classic games like we did in our childhood. This episode: The "Worker and Parasite" of DOS platformers.
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Book Review: Hyrule Historia
(Feb 24, 2013)
A look at the art / lore book for Skyward Sword and the rest of Nintendo's top fantasy game series.
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500-Word Indies
(Feb 24, 2013)
Short and sweet reviews of recent and classic indie games, with a preference for small but interesting titles that don't require a huge investment by the player or the writer.
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Game Club 199X Episode 15: Blackthorne
(Feb 10, 2013)
No FAQs, no cheats, no save states: Playing classic games like we did in our childhood. This episode: Discussing the finer points sci-fi nomenclature and 90s comic book excess.
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Game Club 199X Episode 14: Dr. Chaos
(Jan 27, 2013)
No FAQs, no cheats, no save states: Playing classic games like we did in our childhood. This episode: The flawed action/adventure NES title Dr. Goonies II-esque Chaos.
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Ryuichi Nishizawa on Aurail
(Dec 21, 2012)
Another interview with the creator of Wonder Boy, this time focusing on one of his most obscure works.
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Game Club 199X Episode 13: Wonder Project J
(Dec 21, 2012)
No FAQs, no cheats, no save states: Playing classic games like we did in our childhood. This episode: What it means to be a parent. Of a machine boy. As a fairy. In a video game.
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The making of Project Firestart
(Oct 30, 2012)
A look back at what might be the very first survival horror game, containing interviews with co-designer Damon Slye and producer Joe Ybarra.
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The making of Zombies Ate My Neighbors
(Oct 19, 2012)
Our article on Lucas Arts' horror spoof series is full of exclusive interview quotes by both ZAMN creator Mike Ebert and Ghoul Patrol director Kalani Streicher
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Games of the World
(updated Oct 19, 2012)
Documenting gaming history from around the globe.
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Game Club 199X Episode 11: Crystalis
(Oct 19, 2012)
No FAQs, no cheats, no save states: Playing classic games like we did in our childhood. This episode: Medieval fantasy apocalypse. With Ohmu.
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Guide to NES Maintenance
(Oct 08, 2012)
HG101 forumite Ike shows you how to keep your NES in a clean and working condition.
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Game Club 199X Episode 10: Deus Ex
(Sep 18, 2012)
No FAQs, no cheats, no save states: Playing classic games like we did in our childhood. This episode: JC Denton infiltrates the ladies' restroom.
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Jim Gregory on Akira
(Sep 13, 2012)
The man who was in charge of the SNES version of this legendary unreleased anime tie-in reveals what happened to the game.
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Game History Casebook: Adventure
(Aug 20, 2012)
Was Warren Robinett's genre-defining game released in 1979 or in 1980? We might never know, even though some pretend they do...
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Game Club 199X Episode 8: Gauntlet II
(Jul 12, 2012)
No FAQs, no cheats, no save states: Playing classic games like we did in our childhood. This episode: Four adventurers go into a dungeon to get themselves killed.
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Interview with Ryuichi Nishizawa
(Jun 11, 2012)
Interview with one of the founding members of Westone, and one of the main developers behind nearly the entire Wonder Boy series.
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Interview with Toshinari Oka
(Jun 3, 2012)
The Programmer of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake for the MSX2 delivers another highlight in our Metal Gear interview series.
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Interview with Corey Cole
(May 19, 2012)
An interview with half of the couple that created the Quest for Glory series, originally published in The Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures.
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Book Review: Generation Xbox
(May 19, 2012)
The book that tells the intertwining history of movies and videos games, starting with E.T. for the Atari 2600 and closing with motion capture's influence on James Cameron's Avatar.
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Game Club 199X Episode 6: Landstalker
(May 8, 2012)
No FAQs, no cheats, no save states: Playing classic games like we did in our childhood. This episode: Climax' isometric action-RPG for the Genesis.
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Interview with David Hayter
(April 19, 2012)
A candid and very amusing interview with the legendary David Hayter - film script writer, actor, and voice-actor star of the Metal Gear Solid series.
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Book Review: Game Over
(Apr 18, 2012)
David Sheff's seminal profile of Nintendo's way to complete dominance in the video game industry until the early 1990s.
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Game Club 199X Episode 5: Kings Quest V
(April 9, 2012)
No FAQs, no cheats, no save states: Playing classic games like we did in our childhood. This episode: The fifth entry in the epic King's Quest series of adventures.
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Interview with Richard Ham
(April 2, 2012)
Some startling revelations about the similarities between Syphon Filter and Metal Gear Solid.
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Interview with Masahiro Ueno
(Mar 25, 2012)
A few words by the humble man who ported Metal Gear to the NES, where the series first found success in the West.
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Shinta Nojiri: from Policenauts to NeverDead
(Mar 18, 2012)
Shinta Nojiri first started with Policenauts and went on to be involved with Ghost Babel and all subsequent MGS games. Recently he was in charge of Konami's NeverDead project.
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Book Review: Video Kids
(Mar 14, 2012)
A very early attempt at a monograph on the effect of video games on society and especially on young people's minds.
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