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LEVEL 3: Golden Age

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LEVEL 4: Console Wars

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LEVEL 5: Open-World Adventures

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LEVEL 7: Virtual Realities

There is no objective history of video games – every player’s experience is different

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Prof. Palmer July 14, 2022January 8, 2025 History, In the News
  • ← Unlike social media, video games may actually be raising kids’ IQs, study finds
  • A super fan collected every Super Nintendo game manual and made them free →

VIdeo Games in the News

  • Major TV brand accused of snooping on customers while devices are supposed to be off
    They say that Big Brother is always watching, but that feels more evident than ever in 2026. As […]
  • With the end of physical media in sight, gamers have had enough
    At the time of press, there is a well-publicised protest taking place in the video games community. […]
  • Hackers breach Canvas learning platform, exposing data on millions of students
    A cybersecurity attack on the nation’s most widely used classroom software has potentially […]
  • Apple’s 1991 Macintosh shipped with a bug that should’ve stopped it from booting, but no one ever knew…
    Sometimes you have to bust out the ol’ cork board and red string for a conspiracy theory […]
  • YouTube will ‘strengthen’ enforcement around violent and gambling games in November
    YouTube will enforce new rules that are supposed to strengthen the enforcement of its guidelines […]

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Research & Writing

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  • Journal of Games Criticism
  • National Videogame Museum
  • The Strong National Museum of Play
  • Video Game History Foundation
  • Video Game History Foundation Library

News & Notes

  • Major TV brand accused of snooping on customers while devices are supposed to be off
  • With the end of physical media in sight, gamers have had enough
  • Hackers breach Canvas learning platform, exposing data on millions of students
  • Apple’s 1991 Macintosh shipped with a bug that should’ve stopped it from booting, but no one ever knew…
  • YouTube will ‘strengthen’ enforcement around violent and gambling games in November

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