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Tag results: Games

For Amusement Only

Have you ever played those arcade games that give you tickets that you can redeem at the counter for prizes? Here’s a whole article about them.

Living Life in a Bubble

The lasting appeal of bubble hockey—and the unrelated patent lawsuit that’s keeping its inventor pretty busy these days.

Meet Our Virtual Contestants

Game shows and video games are a surprisingly perfect match, as any Nick Arcade fan knows.

Pac-Man Pattern Fever

Pac-Man’s fun and addictive nature captured public imagination and kicked off an entire culture of video game mastery that’s still going strong today.

Adventures In Interactivity

Interactive text adventures were a big part of the early days of gaming—and still lots of fun today. Who needs fancy graphics when you have your imagination?

VCR Plus Dice

From board games to stunted game systems, the many attempts to turn VHS into a platform for games ran into a big problem: There was only one way forward.

It’s New To You

The story of FuncoLand, the retailer that made the used video game market a thing—and how GameStop, which bought Funco, sort of bastardized that mission.

Shanghai's Untold Story

Behind one of the ‘80s most popular computer games is an impressive story about how an early computer helped a man overcome adversity.

A Warped Mindset

How the Nintendo Times, a Nintendo fan site, is covering the release of the NES in real time—three decades after its original release.
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