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Tag: shawn williams

shawn williams
Sega!

All Hail Sonic!

It was 1990, and Sega was on the ropes. Nintendo had a firm lead in almost every country in the world, Super Mario ...
By Shawn Williams Legacy AuthorFebruary 20, 2007
Refrigerators to Eskimos ...

A Marketing Love Slave

Shiny pictures, flashy ads – heck, even simple black letters on a red field are enough to hook me. When John Romero promised ...
By Shawn Williams Legacy AuthorSeptember 12, 2006
Edu-Gaming

Learning The Gaming Way

When someone mentions “educational gaming,” it used to be the only games we could discuss were games like Mario Teaches Typing or Number ...
By Shawn Williams Legacy AuthorAugust 22, 2006
In the Hands of the Enemy

It’s All Their Fault

I think it’s high time we stop all this hippy nonsense of trying to live happily together and solving our differences peacefully. There’s ...
By Shawn Williams Legacy AuthorFebruary 7, 2006
Do You Want to Play a Game?

Apocalypse Not

December 20th, 1989 – Fort Clayton, Panama – 01:30 hoursThe balloon has gone up – quite noisily. For the past half hour, we’ve ...
By Shawn Williams Legacy AuthorDecember 6, 2005
Grand Theft Adaptation

Hollywood Tragic

As the line between movies and games continues to blur, we must step back and ask ourselves: Do we really want some of ...
By Shawn Williams Legacy AuthorAugust 16, 2005
Fast Forward 2020

Return of the Future

How the Future taunts gamers. It is always there, mocking our pathetic video cards, our antiquated processors, and our outmoded internet connection. Like ...
By Shawn Williams Legacy AuthorAugust 9, 2005
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