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Jordan Mechner Collection Documents Revolution in Game Graphics

A century ago, Max and Dave Fleischer, two brothers from Brooklyn, developed a device that allowed animators to capture live-action events frame by frame. They tested their system

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Simulation, Photography, and Flâneurie In Video Games

The once pejorative term “walking simulator” was often deployed to single out video games that bucked the trend of delivering a fast-paced, action-packed, adrenaline-pumping

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Traditional Influences on Digital Media

As a fan of the hit television series Man vs. Wild on Discovery Channel, I was thrilled by my chance encounter with the show’s celebrity adventurer Bear Grylls at E3. On screen,

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A Librarian’s Top 5 Video Game Strategy Guides

In 2010, The Strong received a sizable and generous donation from Prima Games, one of the leading strategy guide publishers in the electronic games industry. The gift consisted of

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The Solo Games Barbarian Prince, Barbarian Vince, and Barbarian Mints

Game designer Arnold Hendrick designed the solitaire fantasy board game Barbarian Prince in 1981. It was called quirky and poorly balanced, and the website BoardGameGeek famously

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The Exorcist’s Game Show Connection

By Adam Nedeff, researcher for the National Archives of Game Show History The Exorcist is one of the most chilling horror films of the 20th century. Pea soup, flying

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Asteroids

Inducted: 2024 In 1978, Taito/Midway’s Space Invaders filled Japanese and North American arcades, knocking Atari off its throne as the king of coin-operated video games. Atari

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Preserving the Brøderbund Story

Brøderbund founder Doug Carlston has given ICHEG nearly 1,500 copies of Brøderbund’s software (in pristine condition), representing virtually every product the company released,

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“All Aboard!” for Fun with Trains

Growing up in Pennsylvania, my parents frequently looked for family excursions within a few hours’ drive from our home near Pittsburgh. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, became a

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Game Changers: The 2018 World Video Game Hall of Fame

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” Well, almost. Christmas still wins out for me, but this is a close second. And not just because May brings with it Star Wars Day (May

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The Stories of Michael and Muffy Berlyn

Video games are many things, but in the main they consist of three primary elements: art, play, and story. Of course, these elements may not be distributed equally in every game.

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Piracy and the Computer Games Industry

By Gleb Albert, 2018 Strong Research Fellow In September 2018, I had the chance to go to Rochester and work at The Strong, thanks to its generous research fellowship program.

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