Nolan Bushnell, Shigeru Miyamoto, Ralph Baer, Jordan Mechner, Will Wright, Hideo Kojima, John Romero. These…
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As part its celebrations of the Fisher-Price brand’s 90-year legacy, Mattel has unveiled the Fisher-Price…
The 15th annual Young Inventor Challenge is just around the corner in November, hosted by…
Earlier this month, Flatiron Books released Cubed, Ernő Rubik’s unconventional memoir about his life, personal…
While processing the Don Daglow papers for The Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play,…
1989 was the year of the Basel Convention, officially named the Basel Convention on the…
For most of human existence our ability to play together has been circumscribed by our…
Yesterday, August 20th was National Radio Day, “a day to appreciate the AM and get…
The Strong recently released an online exhibit on the early history of Monopoly, and it…
Last Tuesday, August 11th was declared the first-ever Global Kinetic Sand Day as Spin Master…
For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by buttons. Often small…
This week marks the anniversary of the patent that would become a wildly popular “wacky…
How do you preserve the history of a community? What even makes up a community?…
Like many folks born into musical families, I grew up around people always playing and…