Comedians Ask… Why Don’t They Make Advergames Anymore? Are Games Just for Boys? And Are Games Too Violent?

It’s easy to assume that a comedian wouldn’t be the best good source to go to for some random bit of game history, but in some cases, they’re actually pretty pretty good.

So come along as a few funny folks tell us what’s the deal with advergames, video game violence, and why some people think games are just for boys…

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Bite-Sized Game History: Pepsiman’s Brief Encounter with The Blue Meanie, Rockstar’s Prototype Logos, and RIP to Masayuki Uemura

With the right circumstances, it’s possible for a logo to break free from the company it represents and become an iconic piece of history in its own right. It’s easy to point to Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox as some of the most prominent examples in gaming, but they’re not the only ones.

Bite-Sized Game History is back with the working designs of one such logo, as well a former wrestler’s previously-unknown connection to one of the most infamous games of the 1990s, and a farewell to an influential engineer you might not know.

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