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Timeline · 5 min
Nintendo’s Greatest Hits
A 1889 playing-card company that saved video games, invented Mario and Pokémon, and keeps winning with weird ideas.
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Timeline · 5 min
GTA and the Open World
How Rockstar’s crime satire became the biggest entertainment product ever, and why GTA VI’s date keeps moving.
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Story · 5 min
Minecraft, Fortnite and Roblox
The three games that became places to hang out: blocks, battle royale and a platform where kids make the games.
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Story · 5 min
Esports 101
Pro gaming fills stadiums now. Meet Faker, the teenager who won $3 million, and the games people watch.
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Spot the Reference · 5 min
Gaming Memes Everyone Uses
Press F, the cake is a lie, Leeroy Jenkins, sus. Where gaming’s most famous lines and jokes came from.