Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Dan Iacovelli

by Todd Friedman | Jul 13, 2018 | 2000s, 2010s

Join us tomorrow for the Video Game Summit in Villa Park, IL.   Today we will talk with Dan Iacovelli of Westchester, IL  who began this event 13 years ago.    For more information go to http://www.videogamesummit.net/ Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Dan...

Video Game Summit 2018

by Todd Friedman | Jul 13, 2018 | 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Events

Video Game Summit, is Chicago’s Premier Video Game Event. The 2018 show will be at The Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park,IL, 7/14/18 show hours are: 10:00am till 6pm(all times central) Remember how much fun you used to have playing Atari, Nintendo and all kinds of games...

Old School Gamer is available digitally and shipping Friday!

by Old School Gamer | Jul 10, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

OSG #5 is available digitally now for all subscribers and will be in the mailboxes of print subscribers early next week… This “action-packed” issue puts the emphasis sports games in the realm of retro gaming. We start out with NBA Jam and Mutant...

Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

by David Oxford | Jun 28, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

To wrap up “Jurassic June”, we’re still continuing our look at the members of the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team, but slightly out of the intended order. This week, we’re taking a brief look at one of the pivotal partners in pioneering Project...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Don Atreides

by Todd Friedman | Jun 13, 2018 | 2000s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Don Atreides, who is displayed on card number 2439, from the   Superstars of 2016 Collection.   Don is one of the top Tetris Players anywhere.   After maxing out NES Tetris at the age of 16, Don took some time off and came back...

The Last Official Release: PS1 – Schnappi: 3 Fun-Games

by Brendan Meharry | Jun 12, 2018 | 2000s

Hi! How’s it hanging? Welcome back to the Last Official Release – the consecutive article series that delves into the last official game release for whatever console I happen to choose. An evolving list of previously covered consoles can be found at the end of this...