by Old School Gamer | Oct 15, 2026 | Gaming
Free spins are a casino marketing staple. Yet their history goes much further back than players may think. As soon as you encounter any sort of casino marketing in the digital age, it is almost certainly going to involve an offer for free spins. Woven into the...
by Old School Gamer | Oct 15, 2026 | Gaming
Zeus was raising the dead in Sega arcades back in 1988. Now he’s one of the busiest characters on Australian pokies, and the reasons go all the way back to the 8-bit era. Gods sell games. Anyone who grew up with a Sega Genesis already knows this. The console’s North...
by Old School Gamer | Oct 15, 2026 | Gaming
Slot reels and card tables have been squeezed onto ever-smaller glass since the 1970s. Anyone who grew up on handhelds will recognize the design tricks that came out of it. Slot reels used to be physical drums. For roughly eight decades after Charles Fey’s Liberty...
by Old School Gamer | Oct 15, 2026 | Gaming
Manual trio kills, guaranteed-drop packages and a remote-play option make Bald.GG’s Nex offering worth a closer look for established Old School RuneScape players. Nex brings a demanding team encounter to Old School RuneScape. Old School RuneScape still delivers the...
by Old School Gamer | Oct 15, 2026 | Gaming
Roulette is one game with two different wheels. The European version has 37 pockets and the American version has 38. That one extra pocket changed the game’s commercial trajectory and still shapes how digital roulette is designed and played today. This piece...