History
iPhone and Mobile Gaming
The App Store turned every pocket into an arcade, and suddenly there were 3 billion gamers on Earth.
Iconic Games
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Game Boy Mario stopped feeling tiny and started feeling rich, weird, and fully self-assured.
Business
Game Preservation
The fight to keep games from vanishing when companies flip the off switch.
Indie
Playtester Feedback Loops
Watching someone play your game wrong is the fastest way to make your game right.
Graphics
Instanced Rendering
Drawing thousands of identical objects in a single GPU call by sending one mesh with a list of positions, dramatically reducing overhead.
Based on infomaxxxing codebase