Exploring the history, technology, and legacy of video game consoles
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System launched in North America on August 23, 1991, at $199, bundled with Super Mario World.…
August 21, 2026
A complete, working Super Nintendo with a single controller and no games sells for roughly $60 to $110 as of…
August 17, 2026
Nintendo's worst hardware year and Sega's best both trace back to the same date on the calendar. On August 14,…
August 12, 2026
The overlap between video games and gambling is usually argued as a content question — whether a slot-machine minigame belongs…
August 7, 2026
August 14, 1989. A truck pulls into a handful of stores in New York and Los Angeles carrying a console…
August 3, 2026
Gambling has appeared in video games in two very different forms. The first is simulated gambling — fictional casinos, poker…
July 25, 2026
Of all the controversies in modern gaming, few have reached parliaments and gaming commissions the way the loot box has.…
July 22, 2026
A game cartridge works by giving the console direct access to a memory chip that permanently stores the game. Rather…
July 19, 2026
The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One launched within a week of each other in November 2013 and went on to…
July 16, 2026
No, Microsoft is not discontinuing Xbox consoles. A wave of exit rumors hit in October 2025, and Microsoft answered on…
July 13, 2026