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Infographic – Making Mario: The Creation and Evolution of Mario

Infographic – Making Mario: The Creation and Evolution of Mario

Sep 9, 2015

What follows is a rather nice infographic for Nintendo’s iconic Mario, courtesy of HalloweenCostumes.com. Personally, I’ve always found classic pixel art far more beautiful than most rendered or polygonal images, and I think this particular infographic is a great illustration of that. I particularly love the personality found in the 1983...

What the Definition of Classic and Vintage Videogames and Computers Really Is

What the Definition of Classic and Vintage Videogames and Computers Really Is

Jul 29, 2015

The topic of what “classic” or “vintage” means when it comes to videogames and computers is once again rearing its controversial head on various forums and discussion groups. While I have a clear sense of what “classic” and “vintage” mean to me personally in terms of videogames and computers, I...

Some post E3 2015 thoughts on Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo

Some post E3 2015 thoughts on Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo

Jun 18, 2015

I wanted to offer some thoughts on what we learned from the big three console makers at E3. I’ll take each company in the same order I listed them in the blog post title. Sony Sony didn’t make many dramatic announcements, but did have a few fan friendly wins in...

Nintendo to make smartphone games, finally acknowledges they’re in the videogame business

Nintendo to make smartphone games, finally acknowledges they’re in the videogame business

Mar 17, 2015

There’s an oft-repeated quote, “Railroads thought they were in the railroad business. They didn’t realize they were in the transportation business.” In its simplest interpretation, this means that the delivery mechanism should never take precedence over the bigger picture. Once Nintendo started the transition in 1983 from primarily arcade machines...

The design of the Nintendo 3DS was rendered back in 1983!

The design of the Nintendo 3DS was rendered back in 1983!

Dec 3, 2014

Thanks to Kris Pyrz in the Facebook Group, I Am a Classic Videogamer, for the heads-up on a rendering of Palmtex’s PVS handheld videogame system in the May 1983 issue of Video Game magazine. Here’s what the bottom half of page 10 of that issue looks like: To say the...

The wearables and fitness and sleep tracking dilemma

The wearables and fitness and sleep tracking dilemma

Oct 31, 2014

As a long-time technology and fitness enthusiast, I’m the perfect target for what is now becoming an avalanche of devices designed to help us be healthier, track our sleep patterns, and give us all kinds of purportedly useful data about our general state of being. Naturally, as a result, Microsoft’s recent announcement...

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