The First Game Over
Thanks to Ethan Johnson: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ To Kate Willaert: https://www.acriticalhit.com/ And to others from the Gaming Alexandria Discord: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/ Thanks also to…
Save State is a collection of articles, videos, and scans related to the history of videogames and its preservation.
Read the introduction or check out the list of projects.
Revisiting Sony's Notorious PS3 Reveal
The story of Sony's much-maligned E3 2006 keynote. How a series of well-intentioned decisions took them from first to third…
The Mentalist and the Monster: Uri Geller vs. Pokémon
The odd tale of a celebrity, a trading card, a lawsuit, and 20 years of lasting consequences for a beloved…
Under the Radar: The Sabotage of SimCopter
This is the story of a 'bug' in Maxis’s 1996 open world game SimCopter that wasn't what it appeared to…
The Battle of Manchester Cathedral
In the summer of 2007, Sony became the target of public criticism from an unlikely source: a cathedral in the…
Videogame Nasty: The Media vs. Death Race
The story of a violent video game, and how the media's reaction to it established a template that would last…
The Secret of Vulcan Fury: Trek's Lost Adventure
A deep dive into Interplay and their cancelled adventure Secret of Vulcan Fury, the innovative, Fontana-penned, original-cast-voiced Star Trek story…
Bungie's Forgotten Decade
A look at the first ten years of Bungie Software, charting their path from tiny Mac indie to Microsoft golden…
