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Felipe Pepe
Personal blog · felipepepe.medium.comgameshistory
Felipe Pepe's personal blog at felipepepe.medium.com covers games and history. Since 2021, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Before Genshin Impact: A Brief History of Chinese RPGs”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-07-26, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Felipe Pepe's Medium articles on RPG history, mainly for perspective on RPGs outside the Japan/US/Europe markets, such as Korean, Chinese and Japanese RPGs, and also a piece on Roblox.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Before Genshin Impact: A Brief History of Chinese RPGs2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-09-16
- The gentrification of videogame history2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-09-17
What Hacker News says?
Roblox also, maybe moreso - https://felipepepe.medium.com/roblox-is-a-mud-the-history-of...
Comment linking /roblox-is-a-mud-the-history-of-virtual-worlds-muds-mmorpgs-12e41c4cb9b
on “I Miss the Old Internet (2019)”Submitted The gentrification of videogame history as a story · 18 points
HN discussionThe articles from Felipe are also worth a read, especially to get perspective on RPGs outside of the usual markets of Japan/US/Europe https://felipepepe.medium.com/
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on “The CRPG Book Project: Three Years Later”Submitted The Gentrification of Video Game History as a story · 5 points
HN discussionPretty western focused. Here are some good reads about Korean, Chinese, and Japanese RPG history. I'd be curious if there's similar write ups for other cultures. E: Forgot link: https://felipepepe.medium.com/ "Creator of The CRPG Book" https://felipepepe.medium.com/rpgs-in-south-korea-a-brief-hi... https://felipepepe.medium.com/before-genshin-impact-a-brief-... https://felipepepe.medium.com/1982-1987-the-birth-of-ja…
Comment linking /1982-1987-the-birth-of-japanese-rpgs-re-told-in-15-games-558bb2e7ca32
on “The Entire History of RPGs [video]”Submitted Before Genshin Impact: A Brief History of Chinese RPGs as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Before Genshin Impact: A Brief History of Chinese RPGs as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted My Little Game History Anthology as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
