Interview: Nolan Bushnell
While managing the games department at Lagoon Amusement Park in the 60s, a young college student named Nolan Bushnell had an idea. Instead of managing...
Andy Serkis on Gaming Culture
Andy Serkis, famous for his role portraying Smeagol in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of...
When Ken Lobb Headed to Xbox
While he was Head of Game Development at Nintendo, Ken Lobb had a secret. When he got home at night, he was playing Xbox. His...
Ed Fries Looks to His Future
In a 2022 interview with 425Business, Xbox Co-Creator Ed Fries was asked what retirement was like following his tenure with Microsoft. Fries said that instead...
Nintendo’s Legendary Developer Shigeru Miyamoto on the Magic of Video Games
"What if everything you see is more than what you see? What if the person next to you is a warrior and the space that...
Dan Adelman Describes Overnight Success
Dan Edelman, who ran Business Development for companies such as Nintendo and Microsoft before moving on to his own business venture, describes what the industry...
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick on the Evolution of eSports
Bobby Kotick, famous for his work as the CEO of Activision Blizzard, discusses the rise of eSports and how it has evolved. His following...
Bionic Commando Insults Players
Bionic Commando, an NES game developed by Capcom and released in 1988, is a game full of oddities. The gameplay features a military-style world in...
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...
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...