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In-depth, insightful stories on video game developers, franchises, and history.

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The Decade That Changed Video Games Forever

We delve into the 1990s — one of the most significant decades in gaming history

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The Bold and the Braveus: A Look Back at Final Fantasy’s Teenage Years

The famous franchise had its share of growing pains

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Through the Invisible Wall: Video Games in China

From a banished pastime to a cultural behemoth, this is how interactive media have shaped — and been shaped by— the PRC

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Yoshi's Island, the Perfect Platformer

The best entry in the Super Mario franchise doesn’t focus on the plumber

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The Grand Dames of Gaming

How four remarkable women are creating a “feedback loop of joy”, and taking the gaming world by storm

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How Final Fantasy VII Nailed the Mini-Game

Mini-games can be boring and tedious, but Final Fantasy VII gets them right

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Revisiting 1996's Twisted Metal 2

Celebrating 25 years of characters and stories from a car combat classic

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A Look Back at Super Mario RPG

Relish the nostalgia with the games of the ‘90s

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Revisiting 1996's Tomb Raider

Celebrating 25 years of the game that launched a phenomenon

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NieR: Replicant and Experimental Narrative

The video game medium excels at defying expectations

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Revisiting 1996’s Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars

Celebrating 25 years of a point-and-click classic

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The Sins of Our Fathers

The power and lasting impact of the parent-child relationship in Final Fantasy X

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A New Player’s Guide to the D&D Basic Races

Building a character from the face up.

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Revisiting Gravity Rush

Why this criminally forgotten game is one of the best

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A New Player’s Guide to the D&D Alignment System

Getting started on creating a character and their story.

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Pokémon and the Nostalgia of the Outdoors

May 9th 1990; the date when the first trademark for a Pokémon character was made by Nintendo

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Make War, Not Love: 17 Years of ‘Far Cry’

A history of the Far Cry franchise so far, and what to expect from Far Cry 6

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Revisiting Onimusha: The Samurai Horror Classic

The action-combat survival horror masterpiece that deserves a resurgence

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New & Familiar Faces Return in the Premiere of ‘Rivals of Waterdeep’

Diving into Rivals with the cast behind the popular D&D live-play show

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Nintendo of America Nearly Killed Donkey Kong

One of the most famous video game characters in history almost never saw the light of day in the West

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The Early Years of Nintendo

Exploring the period between 1889 and 1969

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The Majesty of the Original Kingdom Hearts

The first is still the best

Games of the Generation

Games of the Generation

The SUPERJUMP team present our top picks from gaming’s last decade

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Nintendo's Road to the NES

How a series of strange clone machines gave birth to the iconic Nintendo Entertainment System

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TimeSplitters, the Transitional Form of First-Person Shooters

It preserved shooters of the past and could revitalise their future