October 27, 1992 After weeks of legal squabbling regarding Electronic’Arts’ use of the ESPN parody “EASN”, the two media giants came to terms out of court. During the early 1990’s nearly all sports games made…
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October 26, 2010 Six years ago the acclaimed western video game Red Dead Redemption unleashed the walking dead in the awesomely bizarre Undead Nightmare DLC. The new adventure took the serious cowboy drama we all…
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October 25, 2000 16 years ago everybody’s favorite purple dragon made his final appearance on the Sony PlayStation. Prior to its release, Year of the Dragon had been built up to be…
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October 24, 1995 21 years ago Sega of America launched their newest game VectorMan with the promise to devour all challengers with its fast-paced gameplay. Launching alongside the game was a sweepstakes with over $160,000 in potential…
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October 23, 1988 Under normal circumstances, the news of a giant dragon-turtle that had kidnapped the same princess three times would be annoying to say the least. Luckily, the real situation was far from annoying because…
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The early 2000s saw a rise in popularity of open world gaming, thanks in a large part (not solely) by Grand Theft Auto III. Though the series had been known for its arcade-style 2D…
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Nintendo’s Game Boy Color turns 18 today. The updated version of the handheld proved to be very popular with gamers and is often seen as the definitive version of the…
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October 20th marks the 19th anniversary of the Super Nintendo’s smaller redesign the SNS-101, more commonly known by the catchier name “SNES Mini”. Though not as popular as its older brother,…
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Following the success of Fallout 3, developer Bethesda handed the sequel reins over to Obsidian with hopes they could bring the series back to its roots. What came to be an otherwise decent game was…
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On October 18, 1958, physicist Dr. William Higinbotham rigged together a simple tennis simulator for his laboratory’s annual open house. The eye-catching display proved to be much more popular than…
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