Edge Magazine has The 10 Greatest Years in Gaming
1972 – Pong
1977 – Breakout
Space Invaders, Asteroid, Atari, Nintendo
1982 – game systems took off
Sonic
1993 – Shareware
Cross platform Lara Croft
MMO’s
Today, the future looks bright. More than at any time in the past, the next generation looks like it will be a defining generation in the history of videogames. The hardware’s just a part of it. The Revolution – or rather the Wii – should be interesting. It should be especially curious to compare its progress with the PlayStation 3. What’s more interesting is how engaged the gaming culture has become – and in such a short time. We have thirty years of hindsight, millions of creative minds, and an Internet at our disposal. We’re mostly adults now. We have things to say, and videogames are the medium of our generation. And the thing is, now we know it. And the control, therefore, is in our own hands.
