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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

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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  • Culture and Society

Chalking Up a Win

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on November 19, 2020

Congratulations to sidewalk chalk for earning a place of honor among the three toys inducted…

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  • Announcement

Block by Block: Leslie Scott’s Jenga Game (or, in Swahili, Zuia kwa kuzuia: Mchezo wa Jenga wa Leslie Scott)

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on November 5, 2020

Born in Tanganyika (now the Republic of Tanzania) in East Africa, English national Leslie Scott…

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  • Art

Digital Resources from The Strong’s Women in Games Initiative

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on October 25, 2020October 27, 2020

Nolan Bushnell, Shigeru Miyamoto, Ralph Baer, Jordan Mechner, Will Wright, Hideo Kojima, John Romero. These…

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  • Advertising

Carol Kantor: The Video Game Industry’s First Market Researcher

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on October 22, 2020October 22, 2020

How do you know if a game will be a hit or a flop with…

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  • Design

A Brief History of Online Games

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on August 28, 2020December 22, 2020

For most of human existence our ability to play together has been circumscribed by our…

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  • Culture and Society

Ten Reasons Why Play is Essential (for Children AND Adults)

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

Play is good to do and good for you! That’s why play is universal in…

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  • Culture and Society

Playing with Sidewalk Chalk Brings Us Together While We’re Apart

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on March 24, 2020June 4, 2020

Museums, schools, gyms, and malls are closed. Basketball games, poetry readings, dance recitals, and playdates…

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  • Advertising

Ken Fedesna Donation Documents Video Game Developer and Publisher Midway Games

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on July 12, 2019

Ken Fedesna, former Executive Vice President and General Manager at video game developers and publishers…

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  • Culture and Society

Paul Reiche III Papers at The Strong

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on June 21, 2019

The histories of tabletop games and video games are deeply woven together. Analog and digital…

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  • Advertising

Filling a Long-Felt Want: The Origin of Playthings Magazine

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on January 4, 2019

At the turn of the 20th century, the toy market in the United States relied…

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  • Culture and Society

Outlook Good: Magic 8 Ball Inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on November 8, 2018

Our lives are complicated and expectations for the future lie between idle longing and fervent…

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  • Comic Books

Which Came First – The Comic or the Toy?

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on October 12, 2018

Since their inception in the early 20th century, comic books have been synonymous with American…

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