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How Games Run

Gaming Vocabulary 6 Performance and Lag 8 Hardware and Upgrades 7 Inside the Machine 8 Online Play and Networking 8

How Games Are Made

Design and Genres 8 Sound, Story and Immersion 5 Making a Game 8 Systems Under the Hood 8

Players and Scene

Platforms and Business 6 Esports and Communities 5 Social Play 5 Player Wellbeing 8 How Competition Is Organized 8

Game History

Arcade and Console History 8 PC and Online History 8 Preservation and Retro Play 8

Creators and Access

Streaming and Creators 8 Accessibility in Games 8 Modding and Fan Creation 8 All topics and guides → About

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Plain-language explainers on how games, gaming hardware, esports and player culture work, with concepts and history rather than hype.

How Games Run

Gaming Vocabulary
Performance and Lag
Hardware and Upgrades
Inside the Machine
Online Play and Networking

How Games Are Made

Design and Genres
Sound, Story and Immersion
Making a Game
Systems Under the Hood

Players and Scene

Platforms and Business
Esports and Communities
Social Play
Player Wellbeing
How Competition Is Organized

Game History

Arcade and Console History
PC and Online History
Preservation and Retro Play

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