Tomorrow, I'll be giving a talk at Intelligent Speech at 4:20pm about the San Diego arcade rivalry of Sega/Gremlin and Cinematronics!

https://intelligentspeechonline.com/

All based on research for my upcoming book - I hope to see some of y'all there! #videogamehistory

Oh yeah - we're live.

www.twitch.tv/play_history

Our never-ending torment peppered with 70s music trivia continues. Oh yeah and that Star Wars thing happens.

Be not afeared - join us. #videogamehistory #livestream

Tomorrow at 7PM CST, @quarterpast.bsky.social and I will be resuming our Arcade Dating - putting all the arcade games of the 1970s and 1980s in chronological order.

https://www.twitch.tv/play_history

This is the year of the Shoog-A-Loos. If you understand that joke, you are REQUIRED to come. #videogamehistory

We're in the final days to get your ticket for @intelligentspeech.bsky.social where I'll be moderating and presenting on Saturday!

https://intelligentspeechonline.com/speakers/

Check the schedule and get a ticket (promo code: PLAY)! The ticket also gives you access to VODs if you can't make it.

Hideki Sato, Sega legend who first got them into video games and led their hardware development, passed away at 77.

You can see him in this photo, circa 1979-early 1980s, in the lower left as one of the Japanese Sega liaisons learning programming from the staff at Gremlin Industries. #videogamehistory

1973 was the first true Year of Video Games, so let's finally round it up!

https://youtu.be/UO8XekOhpBU

Learn about the innovations, expansions, and struggles of arcade and computer games on the latest episode of Play History! #videogamehistory

And for our Notable Individual, we tip the hat to Trip Hawkins!

He helped professionalize the world of video games and disrupted the market in so many ways. The industry as it exists owes him a huge debt!

Finally, the one you've been waiting for... John Madden Football on the Genesis!

A hell of a sports game that set up the yearly franchise formula - for better or worse. Still a game worth celebrating!

Prince of Persia is our fifth pick, largely the work of the magnificent @jmechner !

A technical marvel and an artistic statement. No matter how you play it, you won't forget it!

Then comes Portopia Serial Murder Case on the Famicom!

A defining adventure game for Japan which influenced a generation of game designers. A key moment in video game development!