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Category: Posts by Guest Bloggers

  • Guest Blogger

Cat-Aholics, Tail Therapy and an Opportunity for the Toy Industry

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on July 22, 2022August 3, 2022

Patrick/Jun CAI is an independent researcher. With years of marketing, branding, and researching operations with…

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Bradley's Kindergarten Material Cutting Papers, Gift No. 13, The Strong, Rochester, New York.
  • Culture and Society

A Pinch of Creativity

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on July 14, 2022

A less than enthusiastic student during my grade school career, there were very few days…

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Super Nazo Puyo Rulue no Roux for the Super Famicom, 1995. The Strong, Rochester, New York.
  • Culture and Society

Japanese Games at The Strong, Part I

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on July 7, 2022July 7, 2022

The Strong is home to thousands of video game related objects. Among them is a…

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Photograph of workers at Exhibit Supply Co. factory, 1949, The Strong, Rochester, New York.
  • Culture and Society

The Strong’s Comprehensive Collection Chronicles More than a Century of Coin-Operated Games

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on June 23, 2022June 23, 2022

When The Strong created the International Center for the History of electronic Games (ICHEG) in…

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Turning on the Kettle, Foxy Belle, flickr, January 29, 2022, Courtesy of Creative Commons Attribution.
  • Culture and Society

Pampered Pooches: Anthropomorphized Dolls

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on May 26, 2022

The Strong recently acquired a few anthropomorphized fashion dolls. A dog with a human-like body…

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  • Culture and Society

Heroines Just as Interesting as Heroes

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on May 19, 2022May 20, 2022

The video game company Her Interactive adopted the slogan “For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of…

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Pinball Playfields, The Strong, Rochester, New York.
  • Culture and Society

The Strong Museum: Past & Present

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on May 12, 2022May 12, 2022

As a child, I used to frequent The Strong museum and its many exhibits. I…

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World Video Game Hall of Fame class, 2022. The Strong, Rochester, New York
  • Announcement

How Does a Game Get into the World Video Game Hall of Fame?

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on May 5, 2022May 5, 2022

We welcomed four new inductees into the World Video Game Hall of Fame class of…

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Joe L. Frost, Play and Playscapes, 1992.
  • Culture and Society

Remembering Play Scholar and Advocate Joe L. Frost

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on April 28, 2022April 28, 2022

Joe L. Frost, the renowned scholar and educator who advocated for the importance of free…

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Pandemic, 2007, The Strong, Rochester, New York.
  • Culture and Society

Replaying Pandemic in a Pandemic

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on April 21, 2022April 21, 2022

Back in earliest months of the U.S. COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, you may have missed…

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Interior of the Play Lab at The Strong, Rochester, New York.
  • Announcement

Making Space for Play

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on April 7, 2022April 7, 2022

This month we opened our new maker space, Play Lab. It’s a bright, busy place,…

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Play Pals exhibit, Dollhouse case, The Strong, Rochester, New York
  • Barbie

Play Pals: Dolls, Action Figures, and More

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on March 31, 2022

For as long as play has existed, humans have been making dolls in some form…

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Roll20 Safety Tools.jpg: Roll20's safety tools card deck in use on their virtual platform. Screenshot of Roll20.net (https://roll20.net/) gameplay.
  • Culture and Society

Keeping the Adventure Fun for Everyone: Safety tools for Tabletop Roleplay Games

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on March 28, 2022

In a 2020 blog, I discussed how during the pandemic many players of Tabletop Roleplay…

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, “The Battle Between Carnival and Lent,” 1559.
  • Culture and Society

Everybody Plays a Fool

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on March 3, 2022March 3, 2022

On a recent morning, I was out early at our local Wegmans supermarket. Because the…

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Lord of the Rings pinball machine, 2003. The Strong, Rochester, New York.
  • Culture and Society

Pinball Playfields: A Flippin’ Fun Time, Part II

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on February 10, 2022

Pinball Playfields has a machine for everyone, and there’s always fun to be had. Part…

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Ladies’ Guide to Football (cover), 1966, The Strong, Rochester, New York, USA.
  • Culture and Society

Ditch the “Ladies’ Guide to Football” and Get in the Game

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on February 3, 2022February 3, 2022

A recent addition to The Strong museum’s collection got me thinking about how gender intersects…

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  • Guest Blogger

Randomly Generated Artifact: 106.387

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on January 21, 2022January 25, 2022

I usually write blogs because I’m interested in a subject. Perhaps it’s a new collection…

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TV School House I cartridge for RCA Studio II, 1976. Object ID 116.9055, Gift of Raiford Guins. The Strong, Rochester, New York.
  • Advertising

The First Female Video Game Designer

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

How did you spend the summer after your high school graduation? Though that was a…

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