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The iconic video game company has the golden touch when it comes to home entertainment. That doesn't explain the NES knitting machine.

Jake Rossen
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When Atari released their video game adaptation of 'E.T. The Extraterrestrial' in 1982, they thought it would buoy their brand and help them compete with the growing home computer market.

Anna Green








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Researchers at the University of Melbourne’s Microsoft Research Centre for Social Natural User Interfaces have teamed up with Zoos Victoria to develop games for Orangutans using Microsoft’s Kinect 3D sensor (which is used in the Xbox One gaming system).

Anna Green








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The hit run-and-gun game borrowed heavily from American action films and a major Central American revolution.

Ryan Lambie