<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:25:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/gaming-history/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Evoland:  A wonderful game about the evolution of gaming ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don't know about the rest of you guys on here, but I have been alive and interested in videogames since they first became a widespread thing in the early 80's. 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I think it was quite a gamble on the part of Nintendo back in those]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140217/@whoisjohn/looking-back-on-early-zelda-vs-now-zelda</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140217/@whoisjohn/looking-back-on-early-zelda-vs-now-zelda</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-140217]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoisjohn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2024 04:11:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pT5nvNadSb9JTDFpv8gLfvWorEQ8rYKH8V63Uo1S5AfZNqCqg3LLvQqfGbsnrLKL1WNBSyEEUDHLr8TS5iTazBqmi9hrZTy3hG4TYQByH5tu9G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[High Score:  A docuseries that takes you through the history of video games]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think I am a bit older than the average gamer these days and I often talk about how I was there for all the stages of evolution of video games. I had a Pong machine, was there when Atari took the world]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140217/@whoisjohn/high-score-a-docuseries-that-takes-you-through-the-history-of-video-games</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140217/@whoisjohn/high-score-a-docuseries-that-takes-you-through-the-history-of-video-games</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-140217]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoisjohn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2022 06:35:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPUjq9fiEng31AYWnjXzqasC44kyuMgou9gTngajhHTCAo8mWHUu6xRQqZKT15L742sxBqVzizJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Herzog Zwei:  The game that started real time strategy (RTS) games]]></title><description><![CDATA[I write about this game because of the fact that it wasn't really a big seller in the USA on the Sega Genesis. Most people had never heard of it, let alone played it. I blame a lack of advertising, the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140217/@whoisjohn/herzog-zwei-the-game-that-started-real-time-strategy-rts-games</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140217/@whoisjohn/herzog-zwei-the-game-that-started-real-time-strategy-rts-games</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-140217]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[whoisjohn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2021 06:05:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPeNJ2yVHrNnbJzkYAsgD988jsMgzAM7Ke4vu5nWymDE58UkiTkMGVGkuKwSBnrSPgNGvDRfZYr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The life and death of arcades in USA]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was one of the people that was a kid when arcades first became a thing and was around when the saw their rise and downfall over the span of about 15 years. 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Nintendo's cards]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gaming/@agga68/the-history-of-nintendo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gaming/@agga68/the-history-of-nintendo</guid><category><![CDATA[gaming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[agga68]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:19:06 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>