Nolan Bushnell, Shigeru Miyamoto, Ralph Baer, Jordan Mechner, Will Wright, Hideo Kojima, John Romero. These…
Category: Art
For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by buttons. Often small…
Spending most of my time at home with my young children has revealed that I’m…
Working at The Strong museum sometimes involves surprises—of the good kind. That was the case…
The Strong recently acquired the photographica collection of world-renowned photojournalist Martha Cooper. Kodakgirl, the nickname…
Take a look at the sculpture depicted above. That 3-foot "Rabbit is by the artist,…
Hobby Horses date back to the middle ages so maybe this is the moment the…
I recently came across this wonderful painting by Pieter Brueghel entitled "Children's Games" (in order…
Think of the ubiquitous crayon—generally a three-inch-long, likely worn down (or possibly broken!) waxy object.…
One of the great comic strip illustrators of the late 19th and early 20th centuries…
Erastus Corning was nice enough to give us some of his insights on traditional Russian…
Plastic was invented in the late 19th century, but not until after World War II…
I love it when Mattel steps out and takes Barbie into edgy territory. A few…
Anker Stone Blocks Whenever we have our top toy lists, there is one aspect that…