Video Game Nostalgia
- By Tony Rivera Nostalgia is a powerful feeling and a deeply emotional one. A yearning for something we can’t quite put our fingers on but is most assuredly there [...]
July 2021
June 2021
Kids and Gaming
By Rob Fleischer As a parent who works in the games industry, it’s always fascinating to see which games my kids gravitate towards. In the industry we’re always looking at [...]
February 2021
Fitness Apps Have Figured Out VR
During the wave of VR hype in the mid 2010s, I was as excited as anyone else who loves video games. It wasn’t hard to envision total immersion in games [...]
November 2020
Next-Gen Thoughts and Predictions
It’s always an exciting time when a new console generation comes around, and the buzz is certainly a welcome distraction in 2020. As we get closer to the launch, we’ve [...]
January 2019
20 Year History of Super Smash Bros.
Through what must be time wizardry, it has been 20 years since Nintendo decided to pit a bunch of their beloved characters against each other in Super Smash Bros. on [...]
December 2018
Sandbox Games of the Year 2018
With 2018 coming to a close, it’s time for the team at Sandbox to share our favorite games of the year! See some of our favorites from 2017 here. [...]
October 2018
A Halloween Miracle
Chiller, a Halloween Classic Every Halloween season I find myself talking to anyone in earshot about the twisted mid-80s arcade horror classic, Chiller. Playing it at a rundown [...]
August 2018
Making The Game Players Asked For
As the games-as-a-service model continues to grow, how well developers deliver on the “service” portion of that system – how quickly and capably you respond to player feedback ranging from [...]
July 2018
An Obligatory Fortnite post!
Impact as an esport Fortnite’s monster popularity has been looked at from seemingly every angle. This is perfectly understandable considering it is raking in money ($318m in May) from its [...]
April 2018
HERO: My Vérité Virtual Reality Experience at the Tribeca Film Festival
I headed down to the Tribeca Film Festival yesterday, to check out the Tribeca Virtual Arcade. Apparently Sarah Jessica Parker and Spike Lee were doing talks about movies in [...]