Dangerous Toys We Shouldn’t Have Had

by GenX Grownup | Dec 19, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup, Podcast of the Week

About This Episode We’re Generation X kids who grew up largely unsupervised and left to our own devices. That often resulted in “play” time being a bit rougher and more hazardous than those who grew up in later generations. In this Backtrack, we’re taking a stroll...

Multimorphic Pinball – By Derek Blaha

by Curry Derek Blaha | Dec 16, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Magazine Preview

Behind the doors of an unassuming building hidden away in an industrial complex in the heart of Texas lies one of the most creative and revolutionary pinball companies around. If you are a pinball fan and have never heard of Multimorphic, you’re missing out on a whole...

TI’s FIELD GUIDE TO COLLECTING – By Tristan Ibarra

by Old School Gamer | Dec 15, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Magazine Preview

I was born in 1981, the same year that Jump Man and Donkey Kong had everyone over a barrel and shortly after Pac-Man gave everyone a certain fever. Back then, video games as an entertainment medium were in their infant years and still just a curiosity to most. The...

Civil War, Beelink Mini PC, & Cash Cow DX

by GenX Grownup | Dec 14, 2024 | 1990s, GenX Grownup, Podcast of the Week

About This Episode We head back to the theatre for latest kaiju team-up movie from Legendary pictures, check out a capable mini computer with a budget price that just might surprise you, and play a new arcade-style indie game featuring a cow with a pickaxe gathering...

Modern Retro Gaming – By Brian Lesyk

by Brian Lesyk | Dec 13, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview

I remember reading a quote once by famed French novelist and literary critic Marcel Proust: “Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” In that vein, our zeal for the experiences of yesteryear as gamers often unintentionally...

THE PRE-NINTENDO 64 WEEKEND – By The Jaded Gamer – Bill Donohue

by Old School Gamer | Dec 11, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview

suppose one of the greater delights one can experience when one gets older is bringing joy to the younger members of the family, because it not only brings fun and laughter to the younger ones; it also brings a warmth that is unlike any other feeling known to man to...