Long disparaged by the Baby Boomer generation as either a childish distraction or a leading cause for the downfall of civilization, video games have weathered that criticism and grown into the ...

This year's inductees at the Strong World Video Game Hall of Fame include two big deals in the history of PC Gaming: Pioneering arcade game Computer Space and legendary late-90s hit Barbie Fashion ...

Will Wright, senior secret product designer for Maxis, looks through a doll house display used in designing the computer game “Sims Online” at his company office in Walnut Creek, Calif. There is ...

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — An American computer-game designer reached space Sunday, fulfilling a long-deferred childhood dream that began with the flight of his astronaut father. The Soyuz TMA-13 ...

Computer game designer Jeff Strain describes his latest creation as a fantastical online world of castles, monsters, swords and magic spells that players explore and experience bit by bit. That’s also ...

There is a huge library of books out there that provide reference guides to programming, and there’s a smaller selection dedicated specifically to techniques used by game developers. Recently, however ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Bloodlines will be an ambitious hybrid action/role-playing PC game played from a first-person perspective using the rules and setting of the popular ...

An undated photo of video-game pioneer Roberta Williams during the early days of Sierra On-Line, the company she and her husband founded. Courtesy Ken Williams “You are in the front yard of a large ...

She’s been a swimsuit cover model and a human trafficking victim, but Barbie has never really been touted as a working professional. The latest affront to basic decency in gendered toy marketing comes ...

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As a self-proclaimed lifelong learner and former educator, Amy Boyington is passionate about researching and advocating for learners of all ages. For over a decade, Amy has specialized in writing ...

May 9 (UPI) --The World Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester, N.Y., announced its 2023 inductees are Barbie Fashion Designer, Computer Space, The Last of Us and Wii Sports. The World Video Game Hall ...