Modern cheat codes have a problem: Everyone’s doing it
By DAVID. A. CHAUVIN // Social media, artificial intelligence and Google Maps have killed the modern cheat code. For many Gen X kids, cheat codes were once sacred knowledge. You…
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No 1001: Being mindful, playing Pac-Man and aiding tomorrow’s business leaders (with ancient aliens, maybe)
Fully recharged: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and the first edition of our second 1,000 newsletters. Full disclosure: We were emotionally drained after Wednesday’s big Newsletter Issue No. 1,000…
For videogame pioneers, the real ‘Pitfall’ was lethargy
By TOM MARINER // “Pitfall!,” the chart-topping 1982 videogame smash that spent 64 weeks atop the software charts, celebrated its 40th anniversary this spring. The birthday brought to mind memories…
When videogame history called, Player One was ready
By TOM MARINER // Videogame sales are a $179 billion industry these days, more revenue than the global movie ($100 billion) and North American sports ($75 billion) industries combined. Names…