“Only boring people get bored.” This was my mother’s retort every time I told her…
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The first home video game machines were all, as we call them today, “dedicatedʺ systems—that…
One of the most frequently asked questions about video game history is perhaps the simplest:…
In this age of prolific digital marketing campaigns, it’s hard to imagine a time when…
Born in Tanganyika (now the Republic of Tanzania) in East Africa, English national Leslie Scott…
Wednesday, November 4th is National Easy-Bake Oven Day (NEBOD), an event that pays homage to…
For more than a century, the newspaper trade has had to determine creative ways to…
Last week, the LEGO Group officially unveiled 123 Sesame Street, the latest set in its…
Nolan Bushnell, Shigeru Miyamoto, Ralph Baer, Jordan Mechner, Will Wright, Hideo Kojima, John Romero. These…
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…