Just a quick recap of what I am playing, what I plan to play, and new stories about games that I found interesting!

Kazuhisa Hashimoto, inventor of the Konami Code used in multiple video games, is dead: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/26/tech/kazuhisa-hashimoto-konami-code-dead/index.html

Chinese consumers snap up yoga mats, video games, condoms as coronavirus keeps them at home: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-consumer/chinese-consumers-snap-up-yoga-mats-video-games-condoms-as-coronavirus-keeps-them-at-home-idUSKBN20J1JL

Coronavirus has video game giants rethinking their trade show plans: https://fortune.com/2020/02/24/coronavirus-video-games-sony-gdc-pax/

College of Humanities adds emphasis in video game studies: https://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2020/02/n-game-studies

When up means down: why do so many video game players invert their controls: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/feb/28/why-do-video-game-players-invert-the-controls

Video Games Are Reshaping How We Think About Life After Earth: https://onezero.medium.com/shooter-games-are-reshaping-how-we-think-about-life-after-earth-ead3bebf9bde

Box Office: What ‘Sonic’ Needs To Become Biggest Video Game Movie Ever: https://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbean/2020/02/25/box-office-what-sonic-needs-to-become-highest-grossing-video-game-movie-ever/#2c8453c328ad

The ‘Netflix of gaming’ is coming, and video game makers are worried that their business could meet the same fate as music and movies: https://www.businessinsider.com/video-game-subscription-services-developer-concerns-microsoft-apple-netflix-2020-2

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