Todd Howard Explains the Rules
In an interview with MTV at the 2009 D.I.C.E. Summit, Todd Howard listed the three principles that every game designer should have:…
George Plimpton Starts a (Console) War
In 1979, Mattel Electronics released what would be the first viable competitor to Atari with its new Intellivision console. In order to…
Phil Spencer Comments on the Console Wars
During an interview with The Guardian during E3 of 2018, the CEO of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer was quite candid about a…
Warren Robinett Waxes Poetic
In June of 1979, Warren Robinett, a programmer at Atari, submitted the source code to the second game he'd developed for Atari.…
Howard Phillips Debunks the Myth that Games are for Kids
At the Consumer Electronics Show in 1990, Howard Phillips, the "Game Master" of Nintendo whose job it was to test the quality…
Business Advice from Nolan Bushnell
Nolan Bushnell is the type of person who seems to always have an idea. To that end, he also follows through and…
In 2001, Ken Kutaragi Wished the Best for Microsoft
The year is 2001, and Microsoft is on the cusp of entering the gaming industry with Xbox, a console that Microsoft hopes…
Shigeru Miyamoto Weighs in on Tetris
In the mid eighties, Tetris was being quietly passed around the video game industry. When it made it's way to Nintendo, Then…
What it Takes to Make Game Development a Career
Rami Ismail, co-head of Vlambeer Games (Serious Sam: The Random Encounter) tells prospective game developers the secret to making it in the super…
Former Sega of America President Reveals the Sega Console Idea that Never Was
During our 2015 interview with Former Sega of America President Tom Kalinske, he revealed that not only was he against the idea…