Final Fantasy VII is 23 years old today!

Final Fantasy VII is 23 years old today!

On this day, 23 years ago Final Fantasy VII released on the Sony Playstation in Japan. This year we’ll see the remastered version on Playstation 4. Square Enix plans to release the game in episodic installments, with the first scheduled for release on April 10, 2020.

Happy Birthday Mazda – 100 years today

Happy Birthday Mazda – 100 years today

‘Toyo Cork Kogyo’, which would eventually become Mazda, was founded by Jujiro Matsuda in Hiroshima, 100 years ago (January 30, 1920). The company, which produced cork, was saved from bankruptcy by Hiroshima Savings Bank in the late 1920s. The near death experience allowed the board of the company  to reconsider their product offerings. They reorganized […]

13 years since Windows Vista launched

13 years since Windows Vista launched

Six years after the launch of the super successful Windows XP, the now infamous operating system, Windows Vista, was released to an unsuspecting public. For various reasons, the launch of Vista was marred by numerous incompatibility, stability, and otherwise onerous problems. While Microsoft actually made Vista much more palatable after 2 Service Pack upgrades, the damage […]

Hot Coffee incident

Hot Coffee incident

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was a game that changed perception of the industry. The grit and cruelty of the GTA franchise has not only brought controversy, its also brought the fans. One bit of controversy was the “Hot Coffee” minigame within GTA. Hot Coffee was a euphemism for sex. In the minigame, the main […]

Disney’s DuckTales released on NES

Disney’s DuckTales released on NES

30 years ago, Disney’s DuckTales released on the NES. The story involves Scrooge McDuck traveling around the globe collecting treasure and outwitting his rival Flintheart Glomgold to become the world’s richest duck. Did you own it?

Birth of Duke Nukem 3D

Birth of Duke Nukem 3D

On this day, 24 years ago, 3D Realms released the critically acclaimed shooter Duke Nukem 3D. The game is considered to be responsible for popularizing first-person shooters. Reviewers praised the interactivity of the environments, gameplay, level design, and unique risqué humor, a mix of pop-culture satire and lampooning of over-the-top Hollywood action heroes. The game’s […]

Apple 1984 Super Bowl commercial

Apple 1984 Super Bowl commercial

Apple Computer broadcasts their now-famous “1984” commercial introducing the Macintosh, during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII.

Happy Birthday iPad!

Happy Birthday iPad!

January 27, 2010. Apple introduces the iPad. While still only a few years old, the introduction of the iPad triggered the close of the PC era and will certainly go down in history as one of the pivotal points in computing history. 

Opportunity rover lands on surface of Mars

Opportunity rover lands on surface of Mars

January 25, 2004. Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars, three weeks after its twin, Spirit (MER-A), touched down on the other side of the planet. #nasa #mars #space #planets #history