Video Games

Tony Hawk, EA Skate and the Zombie Afterlife of Skateboarding Video Games

How the history of skating games shows us what happens when counterculture gets consumed and reanimated by corporations.

Sep 16, 2025 • Neil Paine

Interview: Out of the Park Baseball 26 with Rich Grisham

I spoke with Grisham, the game's development manager, about the evolution of sports sims, the future of the genre, and what’s next for the legendary…

Mar 12, 2025 • Neil Paine

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Will College Football 25 Save the Sports Video Game?

It had better. Because right now, the genre is a shadow of what it used to be.

Jul 17, 2024 • Neil Paine

We Put Bryce Harper And Manny Machado On A Bunch Of Different Teams

We are now less than a week away from almost all pitchers and catchers reporting, and the two biggest free agents on the market — Manny Machado and…

Feb 9, 2019 • Neil Paine

The Baseball Video Game Championship Belt

Sony’s critically beloved “MLB: The Show” series makes the leap to the PlayStation 4 Tuesday, a new platform for a franchise that has been, by any…

May 7, 2014 • Neil Paine

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