Author: Richard Booth
Zelda II and the Adventure of Translation Magic
In 1987, Nintendo released the second entry into the famed Legend of Zelda series, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Because of the extreme change in gameplay st... Read more.
Alexey Pajitnov and Tetris; Love at First Sight
In 1985, Alexey Pajitnov was hard at work at the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre in Moscow, when he had an idea for a game that would put his favorite puzzle game,... Read more.
Al Alcorn and Explains the Need for Preservation
During a 2015 interview with Games Industry.biz, Atari Co-Founder Al Alcorn mentioned the importance of and current state of gaming preservation. He showed conc... Read more.
Nolan Bushnell Mandates Success at Atari
On August 3, 1973, Nolan Bushnell issued a memo to the engineering department of Atari with an eight-point action plan. These points included a specific quantit... Read more.
Peter Molyneux; Verbally Ambushed
In a 2015 interview with Rock Paper Shotgun, the Founder of 22cans game studio, Peter Molyneux, was verbally ambushed by the interviewer, John Walker. The inter... Read more.
Josef Fares is the Epitomy of Passion
We’ve previously visited Hazelight Studios’ Josef Fares’s legendary interview at the 2017 Game Awards, during which he talked about his new ga... Read more.
Don Mattrick’s Advice to Gamers Without Internet
At E3 2013, the then-president of Microsoft’s Xbox division, stood onstage to provide details for Xbox One, Microsoft’s third-generation console. In... Read more.
Steve Race Drops a Price Bomb During E3
At E3 1995, Sony was on the verge of releasing their first video game console, PlayStation. While Sony was tight-lipped about most details, one detail that game... Read more.
Will Wright on the Rise of Game Mods
“Because now it’s the fans out there that are entertaining us, the developers, with their creations!”... Read more.
Hiroshi Yamauchi Defines the Success of Playstation
Following the Nintendo 64 loss in the console wars to the original Playstation, Nintendo Co. LTD President Hiroshi Yamauchi claimed to know why sales of Sony... Read more.