With each passing year, video games blur the line between virtual and reality. It’s sometimes hard to fathom the simple, pixellated games that ruled the arcades and consoles in the 1980s. Yet, without games like Tetris, the games of today would not exist. For that reason, Tetris is an Inductee in the Pop Culture Hall of Fame […]
The world of Pokemon feels like it’s been around so long that characters like Pikachu (who is everywhere) and Charizard (much harder to spot) have been alive forever. But it’s only been a quarter century, believe it or not. The continuing cultural impact of those monsters is impossible to estimate. Mitsuhiro Arita, the artist credited […]
For all the complexities of Magic The Gathering, it’s hard to believe the key to the game’s success was to go back and simplify it a bit. Richard Garfield, who created that game (and countless others) is an Inductee to the Pop Culture Hall of Fame for 2020 as a Game Developer. Garfield had developed […]
Imagine being not very good at certain aspects of your job but so brilliant at other related tasks that you somehow become one of the most influential people in the history of pop culture. The name Kathleen Kennedy might not ring a bell right away, but the 60 or so movies she has produced over […]
When someone claims to work hard and play hard, they usually don’t mean at the same time. Judd Zebersky sees it differently, however. He mixes both as the founder of Jazwares, a toy company that dabbles in all kinds of brands and product lines. For their far-reaching offerings for combining play, education, and collecting, Jazwares […]
Quite a few comic book artists and writers got their starts voraciously reading comics as kids. Peter Sanderson’s career started that way too. But his career is a bit different. As the premiere historian and critic of comics for several publishers, Peter Sanderson has earned a spot as an Inductee in the Pop Culture Hall […]
