Anyone who knows anything about the first games ever made won’t be surprised to hear that Tennis for Two is a supremely simple game. It was invented by American physicist William Higinbotham in 1958, ...

Ah, early childhood. Not all of us gamers began the long road down this hobby so soon, but many did, including myself. My uncle ditched the household when I was four, but he was kind enough to leave ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Today, creating a ground-breaking video game is akin to making a movie. You need a story, graphic artists, music, and more. But until the middle of the 20th century, there were no video games. While ...

Joshua grew up in poverty, deep in the Middle of Nowhere, Alabama. Gaming was a rarely afforded escape from reality that persisted throughout his life, something that saw him through good times and ...

Do you remember the first video game you couldn't stop playing? Maybe it was the satisfying clunk of a Pac-Man joystick at the local pizza shop or (if you were lucky enough to live somewhere cool) the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Iain Macauley is a luxury cars and high-end motorcycles writer. I can just about recall it: it must have been 1972, and I was ...