A Brief History of: Namco 2020-01-27 14:58:04 The golden age of Japanese arcades wouldn’t be the same without one big name: Namco. Specifically, it wouldn’t be the same without an IP dreamt up by Namco’s staff, and that is Pac Man. Aside from Pac Man, however, Namco is one of the pillars of the early

A Brief History of: Capcom 2020-01-27 14:58:20 The house that brought us Mega Man, Street Fighter, and Resident Evil, among others, Capcom is a relatively young company in the grand scheme of things but has had an outsized impact in its 39 years in the video game industry. Founded on May 30, 1979 in Osaka,

A Brief History Of: The Nintendo DS 2020-01-27 14:59:48 The empire built upon portables and home consoles, Nintendo today is combining both wings of its house into one gigantic behemoth of a system called the Switch. But, before that, Nintendo was very much devoted to the idea of separate experiences for different environments. Almost single-handedly

A Brief History of: SNK 2020-01-27 15:00:51 The video game console landscape is often dominated by dichotomies of one set or another: Nintendo versus Sega, Nintendo versus Sony, Sony versus Microsoft, or even console versus PC. But what of the other console manufacturers out there? Those who are often left out of the yin and