As the Nintendo Switch prepares for its official launch day, it's time to look back on some of the defining moments that made Nintendo the company it is to day, warts and all. 1956 - Hiroshi Yamauchi Visits A Tiny US Office In 1956, Nintendo was operating as a playing card company out of Kyoto.... Continue Reading →
The Company That Brought VR To The Masses… In 1991
It would be a mistake to name virtual reality as an achievement of the 21st century. In fact the earliest documented research we have on the phenomenon dates back to the 1950s. However, it was Virtuality, a company founded in England in the 1980s that brought the first wave of VR hype to the consumer,... Continue Reading →
Can You Place These Historic Video Game Locations?
"To me, most important is to travel to a sanctioned location, like Funspot - that makes it official; if tomorrow Tiger Woods golfs a 59, big deal. If he does it at Augusta, that's where it counts" - the words of Pac-Man legend Billy Mitchell, who has achieved the highest possible score on the arcade... Continue Reading →
Archive: Gorillas, Carpentry, and Sewers – The History of Mario
Tracing the origins of everyone's favourite plumber