In 2001, Ken Kutaragi Wished the Best for Microsoft

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 can make a dent in the market share that Sony holds with its PlayStation 2 console released 1 year earlier. In an attempt to market Xbox...
Bernie Stolar Explains His Exit From Sega

Bernie Stolar Explains His Exit From Sega

In 1999, less than two weeks before the release of Sega Dreamcast, Sega of America President Bernie Stolar was dismissed from the company. While the exit has been described as a "disagreement" between Bernie and then Sega of Japan Chairman Isao Okawa, Bernie had told some exactly what...
Goodbye to a Legend; The Passing of Bernie Stolar

Goodbye to a Legend; The Passing of Bernie Stolar

Growing up in the 90's, I was enamored with the "Console war," the battle between Sega and Nintendo. I found myself strictly on the Nintendo side, but was also intrigued by Sega. A friend of mine had Genesis and would spend hours, sometimes days on it. While I...
Creating Color for the Colorblind: Dr. Don McPherson

Creating Color for the Colorblind: Dr. Don McPherson

Dr. Don McPherson is the co-founder of EnChroma, a company responsible for possibly the most groundbreaking technology in the field of color deficient vision. What was once considered to be moderately treatable with lenses that only work outdoors has now been refined with the invention of technology that...
Game Review: Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (PS4)

Game Review: Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (PS4)

Yakuza 6: Song of Life is the first game in the series that I’ve played, and unfortunately it is the last title featuring the series longtime protagonist. I’d thought I would need to research the lore of the series in order to understand the context of the series,...
Interview: Sega of America Visionary Bernie Stolar

Interview: Sega of America Visionary Bernie Stolar

Bernie Stolar is one of those people in the gaming industry who has been able to bring more than one of the most important platforms ever made to life. He's a man who not only has a vision but is unapologetic in his process of bringing those visions...