Pixels In Print (Part 2): Advertising Odyssey – The First Home Video Game

How do you explain home video games to someone who has never seen an arcade cabinet, or even a VCR?

Why in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego?

She’s stolen the world’s treasures, traveled through space, and even mastered time, but in Carmen’s most obscure caper, she…played pranks on the Peace Garden state?

2019 Year in Review!

Ten conferences, three movies, a library, and a museum exhibit were only just the start…

Every English-Language Video Game Magazine Still In Print

Print might be “dead,” but don’t tell these 25+ active magazines.

Kelsey Lewin Named VGHF’s Co-Director

Our most prominent volunteer is now our first hire!

Recovering Nintendo’s Lost SimCity for the NES

The Super Nintendo classic started life on the 8-bit NES. That version was considered lost…until now.

The Sega-Gremlin Marketing Video Archive

Nearly a decade before they did what Nintendon’t, Sega’s marketing still managed to break new ground…even when it was really cheesy.

The Media vs. Death Race

Over 15 years before Mortal Kombat, Exidy’s destruction derby caused video gaming’s first moral panic.

A Video Game By Any Other Name

Before they knew to call them “video games,” writers had to resort to all kinds of colorful descriptions.

Pixels In Print (Part 1): Advertising Computer Space – The First Arcade Video Game

To advertise the first commercial video game, marketers took inspiration from an unlikely source.