Videogames have been around a lot longer than you think—at least since 1958. In the decades since, the genre has grown in leaps in bounds, not only with graphics, but game play as well.
When I started the article, I expected to find that while graphics had advanced by leaps and bounds, game play had either stopped advancing or was developing extremely slowly. I was surprised to find that improvements in game play had occurred at every level of game development, right up to the present day.
Jeremy Reimer looks at gaming in all of its glory and all of its genres: sports, RPGs, real-time strategy, simulations, and more. Within each genre, he covers the titles that made a difference, either in graphics or game play. Join us as we check out the evolution of gaming from the late 50s to the present.
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