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Ocarina of Time headlines Video Game Hall of Fame class of 2022

Ground-breaking 1998 adventure still influences the genre today

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Final Fantasy 7, Tomb Raider headline inductees to World Video Game Hall of Fame

John Madden Football and pioneering Spacewar! also honored

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A list of every video game ever made: 43,806 names, and counting

It's 43,806 names long, and it's not even close to being finished. It's a project to name every single video game, ever made, for every platform. Pastebin user Data_Baser is leading the project,...

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Game Developers Choice Awards to honor Smithsonian video game exhibit curator and Spacewar! creator

The 13th Game Developers Choice Awards will honor Chris Melissinos, curator of the Smithsonian's "The Art of Video Games" exhibit and Steve Russell, creator of Spacewar! next month, according to a...

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50 years since Spacewar!

I am terrible at Spacewar! Let me note that the exclamation point was already in the title, and that my mediocrity brings me no joy. Until last week, I had never had the chance to play what is...