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New Achievements!

"Multiple New Achievements!" During our most recently concluded Adventure (devoted to "Control-Feedback") - multiple new Achievements were unlocked - including the first Valentino Marinho-Delzoppo staked his claim to HoVG Immortality by revealing he was the… ∞

Adventures Await!

Welcome to the The Haphazard Herald the official, semi-authoritative source for occasional rumors, intermittent news, and breaking announcements related to Adventure Time adventures in "Scott W. Palmer's History of Video Games." News has reached the Herald… ∞

Game On!

[Note: The following post first appeared on 25 January 2015 in conjunction with the initial offering of "History of Video Games."] The original inspiration for this course dates back a couple of years to the… ∞

Indies are pushing the video games industry forward, but at what cost?

The video game industry is in the middle of a crisis. Budgets for big releases are ballooning out of control with games like Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020) costing up to $700… ∞

50 years of video game industry revenues, by platform

Video killed the radio star. And the video game industry’s explosive growth over the last five decades has killed any skepticism of its strength and staying power in the larger media and entertainment space. We… ∞

History of Video Games

Serious. Fun.

LEVEL 0: Tutorial

LEVEL 1: Foundations

LEVEL 2: Clash of Cultures

LEVEL 3: Golden Age

LEVEL 4: Console Wars

LEVEL 5: Open-World Adventures

LEVEL 6: Gaming Cultures

LEVEL 7: Virtual Realities

Adventures Await!