Culture & History
The bigger stories — where gaming came from, and what it’s been tangled up with along the way. Design, representation, history, and the odd argument worth having.
Culture & History
Everything on this site that’s more essay than roundup lives here.
Sega, Atari, and the Guardian all arriving at the same conclusion this month — retro isn’t a consolation prize, it just never stopped being good.
Read the piece →Blaze Fielding and Lara Croft, the industry’s gender stats, and what actually changed between 1996 and now.
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From chiptune to full orchestral scores — the moments gaming and music stopped being separate things.
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Manchester, Rochdale, Salford — and the Baby, the ZX Spectrum, and some of the best games ever made. The full story.
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Before consoles dominated the living room, before Steam, before mobile gaming, there were the home computers.
Read the guide →A sealed Super Mario Bros sold for $2 million. What actually separates a £2 car boot cartridge from a five-figure auction lot.
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