There exists in biological sciences a principle called “carcinization.” This concept expounds on the fact that evolution has a tendency to lead animal life to eventually take the form of a crab. This has happened, quite independently, roughly half a dozen times throughout the history of our planet. Nature loves crabs, it seems.
For my money, a similar principle exists in video games. Let’s call it “gameboyification”: the natural tendency for video game platforms to eventually move into a portable form. Like carcinization, it’s happened many times, even if you consider Nintendo’s tendency to move in that direction as a single example. You can trace this evolutionary pattern all the way back to Japan’s original video game company. Now, if you ask the average guy (or gal) who likes video games to pin down the point where the history of video…
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