Friends of the blog will know that I have long been skeptical of historical video game projects. One of several critiques is that our budgets are just too small to compete in the cultural marketplace with the likes of EA and Activision. I understand that we’re not in direct and open competition with those companies [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Gaming'
Picking on someone our own size
March 31st, 2010 · 5 Comments
Tags: Digital Humanities · Education · Gaming
Briefly Noted for February 10, 2009
February 10th, 2009 · No Comments
Jessica Pritchard of the American Historical Association blog reports on a panel at last month’s annual meeting that asked what it takes to be a public historian. Entitled “Perspectives on Public History: What Knowledge, Skills, and Experiences are Essential for the Public History Professional?” the panel was chaired by George Mason’s own Spencer Crew. Going [...]
Tags: Briefly Noted · Gaming · History of Technology · Libraries · Mozilla · Omeka · Podcasts · Public History
Briefly Noted for March 27, 2008
March 27th, 2008 · No Comments
The D&D crowd at MIT pays tribute to the late Gary Gygax with a large 20-sided die in Killian Court. Cartridge Save, a British ink and toner retailer posts a surprisingly in-depth history of print on its corporate blog. Yet again we find that history is good for sales.
Tags: Art · Briefly Noted · Gaming · History of Technology · Hobbies · Marketing · Memory
300
March 8th, 2007 · No Comments
Because it’s neither unintentional nor unconventional nor amateur, this may not belong here on Found History. But the new movie 300 is definitely historical, and it has managed to capture the fancy of widespread segments of the public, including movie critics, gamers, and many of my History 100 students. Very loosely based on Herodotus, 300 [...]
Virtual Apple
December 14th, 2006 · No Comments
For those of us who grew up with an Apple II computer in the home, Virtual Apple provides a timesucking trip down memory lane. Dedicated to “preserving a generation of Apple 2 disks,” Virtual Apple emulates old Apple 2 games in your web browser. Ironically, because they’re powered by Active X, the games only work [...]
Tags: Apple · Gaming · History of Technology
More History of Gaming
December 11th, 2006 · No Comments
Friday it was t-shirts. Today it’s playing cards: Over the past 30 years, video games have become an integral part of our culture, and the video game industry has become a multi-billion dollar business. Follow the journey of video games from the first console to the present gear. So says Cybereye, the Austrian firm that [...]
Tags: Gaming
Wii-cked Awesome
December 8th, 2006 · No Comments
As we say back in Mass., this one is “wicked pissah”—Nintendo history on a t-shirt.
Tags: Gaming
Silly Geeky
November 19th, 2006 · No Comments
Another quick one for the weekend: Game Set Watch—an “alt.video game weblog”—gives us the Top 10 Silliest Computer Mag Covers in History. Note that this isn’t a casual effort. It is the product of a long term commitment to collecting and cultural history. “Game Mag Weaseling” columnist Kevin Gifford combed though his personal collection of [...]
Tags: Collecting · Gaming
“Geek List”—History Board Games
June 9th, 2006 · No Comments
BoardGameGeek.com users debate the question, “What are the best games that teach History?” Visit their self-styled Geek List for an expanding, annotated inventory of commercial history-themed board games. Highlights include the expected—Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage; 1776: The Game of the American Revolutionary War; The Napoleonic Wars; and Battle Cry: The Exciting Civil War Battle Field [...]
Profiles in Courage
June 6th, 2006 · No Comments
In Mario Through the Years, GameDaily offers readers a several-thousand-word biography of Mario, twenty-six year veteran of Nintendo gaming, star of more than 100 games, and stalwart defender of Pauline’s virtue against Donkey Kong’s relentless advances.

