[ VC&G Anthology ] Developers Cite The Greatest PC Games of All Time (2009)
10 DAYS OF VINTAGE: Day 4 In early 2009, I undertook my most ambitious slideshow up to that point: The Ten Greatest PC Games of All Time for PCWorld.com. After playing dozens of games, reading opinions...
View Article[ VC&G Anthology ] Origins of the ASCII Smiley Character: An Email Exchange...
10 DAYS OF VINTAGE: Day 5 The famous IBM PC 5150 turned 30 in 2011, and I spent quite some time preparing for that important anniversary. During my brainstorming process, I thought it would be fun to...
View ArticleVC&G Anthology Interview: Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie, creators of...
In October 2008, I created a slideshow to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Microsoft Word for PCWorld.com. It included slides on the history of the software and some oddities as well — remember...
View Article[ VC&G Anthology ] A Detailed Timeline of Compact Disc Technology (2012)
10 DAYS OF VINTAGE: Day 7 When I write articles about the history of technology — which, I’ll admit, is fairly often — a few readers will sometimes say, “The author is obviously too young to remember X...
View ArticleVC&G Anthology Interview: Trip Hawkins on 30 Years of Electronic Arts (2012)
10 DAYS OF VINTAGE: Day 8 [ This interview I conducted was originally published on Edge.com in June 2012 to roughly coincide with Electronic Arts’ 30th Anniversary. Since then, the interview has...
View ArticleVC&G Anthology Interview: Ed Smith, Black Video Game and Computer Pioneer
In 1978, APF Electronics introduced the MP1000, an early cartridge-based video game system. It wasn’t a smash hit like offerings from Atari, but it carried within its faux woodgrain housing a hidden...
View Article[ VC&G Anthology ] Video Games Turn Forty (2007)
Note: this article was originally published on 1UP.com on May 15, 2007 under the title “Videogames Turn Forty.” (Original URL: http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3159462). Since 1UP...
View Article[ VC&G Anthology ] The Evolution of Computer Displays
Take a good look at this sentence. You’re reading it thanks to the magic of a computer display — whether it be LCD, CRT, or even printed out on paper. Since the beginning of the digital era, users have...
View Article[ VC&G Anthology ] The Ghosts of Christmas Games Past
The Christmas Games of Yesteryear Of the tens of thousands of video and computer games released since the 1970s, few have featured Christmas themes. That’s surprising considering that the holiday is an...
View Article[ VC&G Anthology ] The Making of Pong (2012)
Atari founders circa 1972-73 (from left to right):Ted Dabney, Nolan Bushnell, Larry Emmons, and Allan Alcorn [ Atari Pong turns 50 years old today, and I thought it might be fun to revisit an article I...
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