Pre-order The Boxes of Hock Wah Yeo! 
A new book about the box designs by Hock Wah Yeo is coming out this December!
Tagged: history
Pre-order The Boxes of Hock Wah Yeo!
PSA: Fund a book about the history of Macintosh games 
Consider giving a little money to a crowdfunding campaign to write a book about the history of Macintosh gaming.
QuickTime turns 20 years old 
QuickTime enabled low-cost videos on computers, paving the way for new uses of multimedia. That said, we should all probably stop using it now.
Reclaiming the multimedia “coffee table” 
An old CD-ROM review directory serves as a reminder of the cultural significance of multimedia – and why that period is worth reevaluating.
Remembering Norio Ohga
Norio Ohga designed the compact disc in 1982 and established the boundaries of optical media.
Saddam’s Revenge 
Saddam’s Revenge is a time capsule of early 90s Macintosh game scene.
Secret Writer’s Society and the worst bug ever 
This rote educational writing game has a huge problem that causes the text-to-speech voice to read a list of obscenities. After the game has been lost for 20 years, I got a copy, and now you can play it too!
SimHealth 
A product of Maxis’s former business simulation division, SimHealth embodies the potential and danger of using games as educational tools for public policy and debate.
Thanks for Super MAGFest 2019
A recap of the video game history panel track at Super MAGFest 2019.
In which I meet Rand Miller: The Obscuritory goes to The Art of Video Games
A brief reflection on the Smithsonian’s new exhibit on video games and how their take on the early days of gaming matters to this blog.