Why you probably haven’t heard of the video game that launched the industry 50 years ago

Before Pong, there was Computer Space.

Noah Wardrip-Fruin, The Conversation

· Oct 13, 2021 · 11:30 pm

By limiting children’s gaming time to just three hours, China won’t be able to curb addiction

Under the nation’s new rules, minors will only be allowed to play videogames between 8 pm and 9 pm on Fridays, weekends and on public holidays.

Joanne Orlando, The Conversation

· Sep 05, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Here’s what makes Assassin’s Creed one of the world’s best-selling videogame series

Fandom is all about wanting new experiences that make you feel the same way you did when you first became a fan, and the franchise has worked this out.

Tof Eklund, The Conversation

· Dec 27, 2020 · 09:30 pm

The rise and rise of eSports: Video gamers may soon be paid more than top pro athletes

Media giants like ESPN may have thought that electronic sports was a fad but not anymore.

Louis-Etienne Dubois, The Conversation

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Laurel Walzak, The Conversation

· Jun 08, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Why are we appalled by video games with sexual violence but not alarmed by bloodletting?

The idea of being able to resolve our problems with violence speaks to something within us that most of us cannot deny.

Henry Shevlin, Aeon

· May 28, 2018 · 09:30 pm

35 years after the ‘worst video game ever’ was released, a look at other contenders for the title

From the 1982 ‘ET: The Extra Terrestrial’ to the 2012 Kinect Star Wars, there’s a long history of games that are no fun to play.

Craig Weightman, The Conversation

· Dec 27, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Watch: This video explains how Pac-Man revolutionised video games forever

Masaya Nakamura, founder of Namco, the Japanese video game company behind the landmark arcade game, has died at 91.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 01, 2017 · 10:00 am

How video games unwittingly train the brain to justify killing

Video games train people the military way in which 'justified' killings are normalised, a study at the University of Queensland in Australia shows.

Teodora Stoica

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Aeon Magazine

· Nov 27, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Watch: A speculative sci-fi video game inspired by Srinivasa Ramanujan and set in 1920s India

The game has been in production for three-and-a-half years and a demo version was recently premiered at the 2016 Sheffield Doc Fest.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 17, 2016 · 06:00 pm

If you love Haruki Murakami's stories, you'll want to play this game

Scroll Staff

· Oct 14, 2015 · 01:44 pm