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50 Years of Video Games
For a little over 50 years, video games have been a significant part of popular culture, for million...
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Intellivision: Gone But Not Forgotten
One day in 1979, during Christmas break, I sneaked into my parents' bedroom while they were away, ho...
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The Story Behind the Home of Forgotten Video Games
Before the emergence of online stores, if you wanted to play old video games and they weren't availa...
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How Deus Ex Predicted the Future
Warning:If you haven't played Deus Ex, but have maybe bought it in a Steam Sale as something you're...
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The Sims: 22 Years and Counting
Every gamer who was alive at the turn of the millennium has either played, or at the very least hear...
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Explainer: What is an API?
Direct3D. OpenAL. Winsock. You've probably heard of these, you might have even usedthem before, but...
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How Deus Ex Predicted the Future
Warning:If you haven't played Deus Ex, but have maybe bought it in a Steam Sale as something you're...
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Explainer: What is a File System?
Have you ever needed to format a new hard drive or USB drive, and were given the option of selecting...
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Rendition: Gone But Not Forgotten
Today's PC gamers can consider themselves lucky when it comes to choosing a graphics card (relativel...
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Stop Preordering Video Games
It seems like everywhere you look, a new video game is broken. Your time and your money deserve bett...
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Why Do Image Files Need Different Formats?
Most of your digital photos are stored in the JPEG format (a.k.a. JPG), but when you download an ima...
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Making a Fast Quad
In a recent hardware deep-dive, we took a look at how CPU cores and cache impacted gaming performanc...