Few companies have experienced such a meteoric rise in the gaming industry the way that social gaming company Zynga has in the last 2 years. They’ve bought 15 studios and products in that time and seem poised for a successful IPO. How did they get there?
This graphic by Namesake explores their short but amazing history. When you consider that their products are mostly built for platforms such as Facebook that do not normally focus on gaming, their rise seems even more impressive.
Hey old-schoolers, here’s a video to bring back the nostalgia, the sheer joy associated with 8-bit passions such as Space Invaders and Pacman.
Ok, so it’s possible there are a few missing, but here’s a pretty comprehensive graphic that shows (almost) every official gaming console ever. Feel free to add any others in the comments below.
As a kid who screamed his head off Christmas after Christmas opening boxes of consoles from Atarti to Gamecube, this video practically has me weeping. Although it’s missing some great consoles, it gives a brief history of gaming in a short period of time. If 30 years (not counting the oscilloscope) has brought us this far, imagine what it will be like in another 30 years. I know one thing that is going to be useful next is being able coordinate gameplay using Xbox Live’s built in conference call features.
Gaming has come a long way in the past couple of decades. Heck, we’ve even got games you can play without controllers. Nevertheless, we’ll never forget the timeless weapons we used in the old first person shooter games of the 1990′s, so here’s a graphic that pays tribute to those games and their weapons.
Remember Atari? Of course you do… Legends never die, they just get smaller. At least that’s the philosophy behind the playable Atari keychains over at Firebox.com. The best part? All you’ve got to do is plug them into the television and you can play a number of preloaded games. Of course, the controllers are super small, so you’ll need hands like this guy to play it, but it’s still pretty fun.
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