At the Portland Retro Gaming Expo this past weekend, over 2,000 copies went out of our first issue of Old School Gamer, and they (and all print copies) go out with our cover as a foldout poster. Alot of people were asking who all the characters were on it. So here...
And it’s waiting for you! Remember, the digital edition is totally free for all OldSchool Gamers! This issue contains: Event Updates – Classic Game Fest, National Video Game MuseumWe Stopped By – Galloping Ghost Arcade Michael Thomasson’s Just...
So far, SUPERBRIEF has focused on interactive fictions such as Zork and Colossal Cave Adventure as some of the earliest standout computer games. While both of these (and many, many others) claimed tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons as one of their...
In the new book, Break Out: How the Apple II Launched the PC Gaming Revolution, the author, David L. Craddock, covers about two dozen influential Apple II computer games along with the companies and people who created them. For the book, Craddock states that he...
Remember the Ataribox? The “new” console by Atari? While not much was known originally about the console apart from what was revealed in a twenty-second video showing nothing but 3D renders (so, nothing) – recently, Atari sent out an email newsletter exposing...
Players all have their handful of familiar games they can turn to when we want to tune out the world beyond the screen. These games have likely been conquered – maybe several times over. We know the routes and what to expect around every corner. They are places...