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Analysis: Why Pac-Man Was The First Video Game Celebrity

20
Jul

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Analysis: Why Pac-Man Was The First Video Game Celebrity

[Gamasutra contributor and game theorist Eric-Jon Rossel Tairne explores how Namco's Pac-Man became an all-time classic by being the first game to challenge insular, male-focused arcade stereotypes and aim for mass appeal... and by betting on women's l...

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Analysis: Gaming History & The Breakout Revolution

9
Jun

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Analysis: Gaming History & The Breakout Revolution

[Writer and game theorist Eric-Jon Rossel Tairne, aka Eric-Jon Waugh is presenting a new column on "the growth and curious development of that relationship between the game world and the player. This installment moves forward in time to look at Atari's classic 1976 title Breakout.] Though Pong, which we covered last time, opened the window to a new world, that world was a void. You had some basic physical rules, and you had a packet ...