Adam Sessler shares how his career in gaming began 11 years ago when he was hired at ZDTV to host a video game show.

It’s been 10 years since Sega launched their last console, the Dreamcast, with over 10 million consoles sold and a great library of games what went wrong? Watch this two part G4 Icons retrospective …

This retrospective covers the many games based on Star Wars from 1977 to present day.

PlayStation 2
Sony
Discontinued: Still going…
Sold based on the strengths of the original PlayStation, backwards-compatibility and built-in DVD player, the PS2 has pushed more than 127 million units worldwide as of last year – making it the …

Amstrad
GX4000
Amstrad
Discontinued in: ~1990
This epically unheard-of beasty came and went as quickly as you walk from your front door to the mailbox. It’s huge, played massive carts and kind of looks like it belongs in a …

Intellivision
Mattel Electronics
Discontinued: 1991
Known as the first console to pose a serious threat to Atari’s 2600, the Intellivision sold 175,000 consoles in its first year and started a TV smear campaign against its rival. Interestingly, Mattel …

Magnavox
Odyssey
As the first home console ever, the Odyssey ran on batteries and games came on removable circuit cards, not cartridges. The Odyssey tragically lacked sound capability, but that was later rectified. Also looks uncannily like …

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Beginning with the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) this video depicts the evolution of Nintendo’s home video game consoles using a cool transformer type transitions.

Watch this timeline on video games spanning 35 years, from Pong all the way to our current generation of titles – it’s quite apparent that we’ve come a long way. How many of the …

ClassicGaming.com‘s Museum had this Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) regarding the Sega CD. The following should answer any question you may have, and provide a complete look at the history, a list of all games, …

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Watch the history of Final Fantasy the series has been commercially and critically successful and it is Square Enix’s best selling video game franchise, with more than 85 million units sold, not to mention one …

Experts pick the games most worthy of preserving.
SAN FRANCISCO — Who makes a list of 10 all-time great games and leaves “Pac-Man” off the list? Henry Lowood and four of his friends did.
Lowood is the …

Last week GamePolitics reported on an Oregon man’s bid to use violent video games as a defense against murder charges. So how did that work out?
Not so well.
As reported by the Associated Press, 19-year-old Patrick …

From OposableThumbs:
There’s been a lot of talk about Virtua Fighter 5 and the lack of online multiplayer. Ben’s review covered the game soundly, but we decided that a more lengthy discussion about the online multiplayer …

After a bevy of rumor-mongering and Joystiq predictioning, it looks like we have an early confirmation via a trusted source, The New York Times’ Seth Schiesel. Drumroll please …
The Nintendo Wii will arrive stateside November …

We take a look into the past of Sega and where they went wrong in the console wars.
Tecmo Bowl sucks, I got Joe Montana. You’re still playing Mario, Dude! Ask your Mom if you can …