by Todd Friedman | Mar 18, 2019 | 1980s, 2010s, Columns
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Victor Marland, who is displayed on card number 2815, from the Superstars of 2018. Started in 2014, Victor began his current podcast, Ten Pence Arcade Podcast, focusing on arcade games from the 1970’s to the 2000’s. Each...
by Old School Gamer | Mar 18, 2019 | 1980s, 2010s
Piko Interactive, an independent video game publisher, has started accepting pre-orders for twelve new titles. These titles represent brand new releases for many consoles such as the Nintendo 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari Jaguar, Sega Genesis, and Game Boy...
by Shaun Jex | Mar 17, 2019 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...
In his classic book on kenjutsu, The Book of Five Rings, Miyamoto Musashi wrote, “…in a fight to the death, one wants to employ all one’s weapons to the utmost. I must say that to die with one’s sword still sheathed is most regrettable.” Growing up, I had many...
by Brendan Meharry | Mar 15, 2019 | 1980s
As far as rare game cartridges go, those from the 1990 Nintendo World Championships are among the most eminent. A few weeks ago, I did report on a sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. from Nintendo’s American retail test run of the mid-80’s that sold for a blistering...
by Shaun Jex | Mar 10, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Reviews
This weekend I took a trip to the past, and I didn’t even need a DeLorean to get there. All I had to do was make the short drive to Frisco, Texas to visit the National Videogame Museum. Opened in 2016 by Joe Santulli, Sean Kelly, and John Hardie (founders of the Las...
by Shaun Jex | Mar 7, 2019 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...
The term “film noir” traces back to 1946 and the French film critic Nino Frank. He used the phrase in an article titled, “A New Kind of Police Drama: the Criminal Adventure,” which focused on films like Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon, and Murder My Sweet. They...