Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Van Burnham

by Todd Friedman | Mar 13, 2021 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Columns

This week we look back at an interview I did June 16th, 2017 with Van Burham. Van has gaming in her blood and decided to write a book about the histroy of gaming from 1971-1984. The book called Supercade” was a smash hit.  She is now in the process of publishing...

Atari Jaguar: Food for the Worms – by Michael Mertes

by Mike Mertes | Mar 12, 2021 | 1990s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Magazine Preview

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is acquiring one of the last games released for the Atari Jaguar… Worms. Worms was released in 1998, just two years after Atari pulled the litter box out from under its black cat console and discontinued further...

Just 4 Qix – Quake – by Michael Thomasson

by Michael Thomasson | Mar 10, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Magazine Preview

Back in 1998, a small California cabinet making company called LAZER-TRON partnered with computer software developer id Software to bring high-end PC gaming into the arcade. Teaming up with Opus Entertainment and LBE Systems, the troop attempted to stir up the arcade...

E3: 25 Years of Gaming – by Todd Friedman

by Todd Friedman | Mar 6, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Events, Magazine Preview

E3, short for the “Electronic Entertainment Expo”, is the largest computer and video game show in the United States. Almost every name in the industry is present during this convention. There are leading pub-lishers, developers and manufacturers represented at this...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Sam Tuff

by Todd Friedman | Mar 6, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Columns, Console/Handheld

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Sam Tuff who currently is displayed on card number 3538, from the Superstars of 2021. Sam, from the North East of England, is a World Record Tetris player. He holds over 60 world records on the Twin Galaxies Scoreboard for...

Pokemon Disasters – by Michael Thomasson

by Michael Thomasson | Mar 4, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, 2020s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Certainly it is doubtful that Pokémon creator Satoshi Tjiri knew when he started up his hand-written and stapled video game fanzine, Game Freak, that his creation would cause such a fuss! The avid insect collector and video game hobbyist became enthralled with...