11.09.2008 8:30 am

The odyssey of the game controller

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ever wanted to know where the game controller originated and how it evolved into something like the Wii wand?

This site does a fair job of charting how controllers have evolved over the past generation by depicting them on a “family tree”…

Time to unleash your inner creature creator

By David Sheets

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Spore” is still a work in progress, but a key component, the Creature Creator, has become available for download.

Four years in the making, “Spore” lets players shepherd a living three-dimensional being of their own design from creation through evolution, while being…

Game characters grow up, too

By David Sheets

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Everything grows up — people do, animals do, even things.

Things such as game characters.

Sure, Mario runs and bounces as if on a caffeine high for years, but he gets better looking all the time.

A diagram of character evolution at Nintendo…

The odyssey of the game controller

Time to unleash your inner creature creator

Game characters grow up, too

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