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Author: The Strong

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Cease-and-Desist: Don’t Mess with Tolkien

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on April 22, 2021

During the first few years after the introduction of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) in 1973,…

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  • Culture and Society

The Play of Fortune

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on April 16, 2021April 16, 2021

Is our destiny in our hands, in God’s hands, or are we merely tossed on…

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  • Business

Madame Alexander: Feminism in the Doll Industry

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on March 18, 2021March 18, 2021

Born in 1895, Bertha (Beatrice) Alexander Behrman grew up living above her stepfather’s doll hospital…

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  • Books

Hunting for Treasure

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on March 11, 2021March 11, 2021

Who doesn’t love a good treasure hunt? Whether we’re children or adults, there’s something irresistible…

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  • Cars

Revved Up and Ready to Roll: Manual-Powered Ride-On Toys

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on March 11, 2021

Ride-on toys, or kiddie cars, first appeared on the paved sidewalks and driveways of America…

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The Coin-op Industry Legacy of ICE President Ralph Coppola

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on February 26, 2021February 26, 2021

Have you ever played hockey with miniature stick-wielding players and a thumbnail-sized puck on a…

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  • Business

Charles Harrison: The Black Industrial Designer Who Revamped View-Master

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on February 10, 2021

Born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1931, Charles Harrison spent his childhood playing with model airplanes…

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  • Games

My Week with Brian: A Conversation with the Collected Works of Brian Sutton-Smith

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on February 5, 2021February 10, 2021

Despite growing up in Rochester and routinely passing The Strong museum en route to the…

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  • Culture and Society

Pickleball, Rules, and the Spirit of the Game

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on January 28, 2021

Recently I was engaged in a heated match of pickleball. For those not familiar with…

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  • Culture and Society

I Hope This Blog Bores You

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on January 15, 2021

“Only boring people get bored.” This was my mother’s retort every time I told her…

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  • Business

Otherwise “Parkerized”: Oral Histories from Parker Brothers

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on January 7, 2021January 14, 2021

Parker Brothers, founded in Salem, Massachusetts in 1883, published more than 1,800 games during its…

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  • Uncategorized

Preserving the LGBTQ Game Archive at The Strong

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on December 17, 2020December 17, 2020

This fall I donated three digital collections to The Strong museum: the LGBTQ Video Game…

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  • Culture and Society

Rare Atari Cartridge Is Another Clever Invention of a Video Game Pioneer

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on December 10, 2020December 15, 2020

The first home video game machines were all, as we call them today, “dedicatedʺ systems—that…

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  • Costumes

Let’s Put on a Show!

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on December 3, 2020December 3, 2020

When I was growing up and my sister and I got together with our favorite…

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  • Culture and Society

What Was the First Video Game?

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on November 25, 2020December 1, 2020

One of the most frequently asked questions about video game history is perhaps the simplest:…

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