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Industry & tech 2026-10-17 · 10 min read

Game Localization History and Methods: How It Differs from Translation

From Zero Wing's "All your base are belong to us" to renamed Pokémon, StarCraft's Korean text problem, dubbing, QA, and fan translation patches, a look at the history and methods of game localization.

Industry & tech 2026-10-15 · 6 min read

Free-to-Play (F2P) and the Evolution of Game Business Models

How games make money, from boxed sales and subscriptions to free-to-play, ads and battle passes—plus the pros, cons and loot box regulations.

History 2026-10-15 · 9 min read

The History of Video Games: From 1950s Experiments to Today

Seventy years of video games, from Tennis for Two and Spacewar! to Pong, the arcade golden age, the 1983 crash, the NES, 3D, online, mobile, and indies.