Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Dan “Shoe” Hsu

by Todd Friedman | Oct 25, 2020 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Dan “Shoe” Hsu who currently is displayed on card number 294, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection. A former editor in chief for Electronic Gaming Monthly, Shoe has covered the gaming industry for multiple platforms. ...

Old School Gamer Exclusive: Inside They Bleed Pixels

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Oct 18, 2020 | 2010s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Interviews

Old School Gamer chats with They Bleed Pixels developer Miguel Sternberg, who lets us know what makes the game a special one. Old School Gamer: How was this game born? Miguel Sternberg: They Bleed Pixels was originally released 8 years ago. Looking back at it now, as...

Is The Sega Dreamcast Mini Really Going Be A Thing?

by Jason Russell | Oct 15, 2020 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Magazine Preview

It Will Be One Of them – The Question Is Which The world at large is focused on the forthcoming PlayStation 5 and XBox Series X releases and amid all of the preorder frenzy, Sega quietly suggested that its next retro mini classic system is in the works. Sega...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Mike Yesenko

by Todd Friedman | Oct 4, 2020 | 1980s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Console/Handheld

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Mike Yesenko who currently is displayed on card number 3444, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection.  Mike is a world record holder on multiple games on systems such as the NES, Sega Genesis and PS2.  His longest record is from...

My 200th Post – How I got here

by Todd Friedman | Sep 28, 2020 | 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Columns, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

I noticed that my next post will be my 200th one for Old School Gamer Magazine. I decided to use this post to diagram how I got to be where I am in the video game community. It shows how I became a staff member at Old School Gamer Magazine. I was called by Ryan Burger...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Stacy Burns

by Todd Friedman | Sep 26, 2020 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, 2020s, Columns, Console/Handheld

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Stacy Burns who currently is displayed on card number 3463, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. Stacy is a long-time gaming preservationist. He has been playing games since the beginning of the Pong days. He has a passion...