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An original illustration shows players crowding around an Addams Family pinball game, indicating its popularity.

The Addams Family pinball: An oral history

We talk to the team behind the 1992 breakout hit to learn about licensing, magnets, and how it designed the most popular pinball game of all time.

A photo shows The Addams Family alongside Monster Bash and Scared Stiff in a row of pinball games.

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How licensing changed the pinball industry

Roger Sharpe, Ken Fedesna, Pat Lawlor, and others discuss how licensed games took over pinball around the time that The Addams Family released.

An Inscryption screenshot shows five statues facing the player in a dark room.

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Breaking down the influences behind Inscryption's music

Almost five years after the game's release, we talk to creator Daniel Mullins and composer and sound designer Jonah Senzel about Inscryption's standout audio.

An original illustration shows various Spore characters standing on a planet and looking at the reader, like animals trapped in a zoo.

Oral histories

Spore: An oral history

A wild bet in development for the better part of a decade, Spore reached for the stars — and, at times, got there. We recently spoke to eight team members, including chief designer Will Wright, to look back.