All Your History

All Your History: id Software Part 5

embedded by Embedded Video By the end of the 1990s, id Software was on top of the world.  From its humble origins as four guys who had just quit their job, to the creation of legends Wolfenstein and Doom,... Continue »

All Your History: id Software Part 2

embedded by Embedded Video As the 80s turned into the 90s, the Holy Grail of the video game world was side-scrolling.  Smash hits like Mario had proven that players wanted to feel like they could explore a single, massive... Continue »

All Your History: id Software Part 1

embedded by Embedded Video By the late 80s, it was clear that videogames were a growth market. After surviving the Crash of 1983, the industry was once again mining gold with powerful home consoles like the Nintendo Entertainment System... Continue »

All Your History: The Video Game Crash of 1983: Continue?

embedded by Embedded Video The video game industry is one of the most powerful in all of entertainment globally, a multibillion dollar juggernaut that is now larger than Hollywood.  From powerhouse consoles like the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation... Continue »

All Your History: Command & Conquer Part 5

embedded by Embedded Video When Command & Conquer first hit the scene in 1995, it blew its way into the top eschelon of the marketplace.  It ignited a genre and rewrote the rules for what multiplayer could accomplish.  But... Continue »

All Your History: Command & Conquer Part 4

embedded by Embedded Video After years of dominating the world of Real-Time Strategy, Westwood Studios decided to take their defining franchise into other genres.  In 2002, Command & Conquer entered the shooter space with Renegade, which met a mixed... Continue »

All Your History: Command & Conquer Part 3

Since the series’ beginning in 1995, Command & Conquer had come to define the Real-Time Strategy genre. And as they did, its Las Vegas-based developer, Westwood Studios, was catapulted... Continue »

All Your History: Command & Conquer Part 2

In 1992, Las Vegas developer Westwood Studios took a genre that was in its nascent stages and molded it into the fully-formed Real-Time Strategy. Featuring numerous units that had to be paid... Continue »

All Your History: Command & Conquer Part 1

Join Nick Werner and Rob Talbert for a look at the history of the Command & Conquer series, starting of course with the series' origin in 1995 (actually it starts with 1992's Dune II but pretend to be surprised). Continue »

All Your History: Best of 2010 Part 3

embedded by Embedded Video Before hitting the fall, 2010 had already seen both triumphant releases and studio scandals. But even with the year’s proof that titles can release successfully outside of the holiday season, the run-up to Christmas is... Continue »

All Your History: Best of 2010 Part 2

embedded by Embedded Video 2010 started off with a bang, with a number of hit games in a part of the year usually ignored by publishers. But while these games and their developers were doing great, the developer behind... Continue »

All Your History: Best of 2010 Part 1

embedded by Embedded Video Traditionally, the busy season of gaming is the holiday season, when the kids are out of school and parents are looking for gifts. This is often a problem for developers, who have to rush to... Continue »

All Your History: Fable III Part 2

embedded by Embedded Video In the late 90s, a number of employees from UK developer Bullfrog Productions left to form their own companies. The most prominent of these was Lionhead Studios, since it was the brainchild of famed gamemaker... Continue »

All Your History: Capcom Horror Part 6

embedded by Embedded Video When Resident Evil 4 released in January 2005, it saved a dying series from itself. After nearly a decade of trotting out the same old conventions again and again, the man behind the franchise, Shinji... Continue »

All Your History: Castlevania Part 5

embedded by Embedded Video After 24 years, Konami’s legendary Castlevania franchise had become one of the oldest gaming series still around, and it was starting to show its age. The series had not had a successful release on a... Continue »

All Your History: Castlevania Part 4

embedded by Embedded Video In the late 90s, Konami’s Castlevania franchise had hit both its peak and its nadir. Symphony of the Night was a 2D masterpiece when the rest of the industry was going 3D. Legacy of Darkness... Continue »