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01/15/2026

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jan/14/whats-behind-gamer-brain

If you’ve ever refused to knock down a game’s difficulty level, or chased a purposefully pointless achievement, you might have this pernicious but pleasurable affliction

11/23/2025

Xbox360 is officially 20 years old :)

11/18/2025

Legendary game designer and programmer Rebecca Heineman passed away today at the age of 62 after a long battle with cancer.

Rebecca is one of the industry's greatest legends, one of her best-known achievements being programming the 3DO port of Doom almost single-handedly in just a few weeks. She was also a co-founder of the studio behind classics such as Wasteland, Fallout, and Baldur's Gate. In addition, she worked on titles like Wolfenstein, Medal of Honor, GoldenEye, and Pitfall.

May this legend rest in peace. Her great work and achievements in the gaming industry will never be forgotten.

11/15/2025

1889. Nintendo's first headquarters in Kyoto, Japan. At the time, they produced handmade cards

11/13/2025

A 24-year-old man in Norway has been arrested for playing the Japanese visual novel Dorei to no Seikatsu.

The game, developed by FreakilyCharming in 2015, tells the story of a man who takes care of a traumatized young slave girl.

While it’s considered legal in Japan and several other countries, Norwegian law classifies the game as containing c_ild a_use material because of its explicit animated content.

Authorities discovered the game after the U.S. National Center for Missing and E_ploited Children (NCMEC) sent reports of possible internet c_imes.

The man, from Sør-Rogaland, now faces up to three years in p_ison for possessing and playing the game, though sentences in such cases are often reduced.

10/20/2025

Today is the Master System's 40th anniversary! It was released in Japan as the SEGA Mark III on October 20, 1985, alongside the games Hang-On and Teddy Boy, and revamped as the Master System in 1986 for the West.

10/16/2025

Japanese video game developer Tomonobu Itagaki, best known for creating the Dead or Alive series and for reviving the Ninja Gaiden franchise in 2004, has died aged 58. Link in comments for more.

01/19/2025

Sony was founded in 1946 by Masaru Ibuka in an abandoned building in Tokyo. The company started with a capital of ¥190,000 and eight employees.

Its first product was an electric rice cooker. It was a primitive product made by connecting aluminum electrodes to the bottom of a wooden tub.

The outcome depended on the type of rice and the amount of water used. The rice cooker was a failure and never made it to market.

07/30/2024

05/20/2024

This guy is definitely finishing the fight.

04/06/2024

Why do YOU choose to play retro games? ❤️