Collection: Review

Springsteen turned a home cassette into a finished album, but cutting it to vinyl took repeated attempts.

Namco's 1979 shooter helped pioneer RGB arcade graphics; its 1981 sequel became the bigger cultural touchstone.

Stern's Pokémon release shows the list-price gap between Pro and Limited Edition machines.

Gen Con's fourth straight record and Magic's 17-year growth record describe expansion, not merely a comeback.

Palworld's card game arrived with huge advance demand and immediate four-figure resale reports. The evidence shows scarcity, but not who intended it.

Bally turned a few dozen mall storefronts into hundreds of locations, then the video game crash, corporate sell-offs, and changing mall traffic left the brand without an operating namesake.

Tom Sullivan improvised the Necronomicon and Sam Raimi's signature gore in a plumbing-less Tennessee cabin. Four and a half decades later, Evil Dead Burn is still trying to keep the mess practical.

When comics price themselves like art objects, who gets to hold them?

How one art director turned pen, ink, and stubbornness into a visual language

How a 23-year passion project killed the copycat era of animated filmmaking.