Search for: Search

Use the Video Game Research Library to browse more than 300 articles, videos, and podcasts about your favorite games and the developers that made them.

Subscribers can get a sneak peak at the full list of uncatalogued articles, videos, and podcasts that’ll be added in the future, which currently includes more than 3000 links from 1962 to today.

Don’t know where to start? Try a Random Article. Or browse some of the collections below…

What’s New? Recent Additions to the VGRL

Lost to the Ages – Grantland (2013) How a Hellraiser tie-in became Super 3D Noah’s Ark – Game Developer (2015) Failing Up: The Story of Acclaim Entertainment – Fanbyte (2021) Super Mario Maker’s “final boss” was a fraud all along – Ars Technica (2024) The Super Mario Maker community faces its final boss – Ars Technica (2024) We Pitched a Museum a 1993 Game Hint Line (And They Actually Said Yes) – Yarn Spinner (2026) ▶ The Story Of The Biggest Computer Game Of All Time – Kotaku (2010) ▶ The History Of The Word “Metroidvania” And How It Spread – A Critical Hit (2025) ▶ Creator of Hit Game Shovel Knight Is at a ‘Make or Break’ Moment – Bloomberg (2025) ▶ The making of Alien Resurrection PSOne – Eurogamer (2018) ▶ How The Roottrees are Dead ditched AI and became a hit – The Verge (2025) ▶ The Story Behind LMNO – 1UP (2010)

All Articles (See All)

Click This! A Few Recommended Articles, Videos, and Podcasts (See All)

Featured Collection – Wordle and Other Daily Browser-Based Games (See All)