Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside Santa’s Journey

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Dec 3, 2024 | 2010s, 2020s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Interviews, The Story Of...

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Santa’s Journey creator Karl Dunkelman, who details the game and his hopes for it moving forward. Old School Gamer Magazine: For those that don’t know about the game, tell us about it! Karl Dunkelman: Santa’s Journey is the...

It’s In The Game Episode 4 Review: Amazon Prime Documentary Covers the Madden Franchise to 2006

by William Schwartz | Dec 3, 2024 | 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Reviews, The Story Of...

  Strictly speaking, It’s All In The Game doesn’t really end in 2006. All throughout, this documentary has contextualized the history of John Madden Football alongside the contemporary development and release of Madden NFL 25. That’s just where...

It’s In The Game Episode 2 Review: Amazon Prime Documentary Covers the Madden Franchise to 1995

by William Schwartz | Nov 29, 2024 | 1990s, 2010s, Console/Handheld, ESports, Events, Interviews, Reviews, The Story Of...

  When we last left off with It’s In The Game, the documentary hit the high point of John Madden Football becoming the huge surprise hit of the 1990 holiday season. A lot happens in the next five years, and the second episode achieves a neat parallel by...

Stern adds accessories for Metallica Remastered table

by William Schwartz | Nov 22, 2024 | 2010s, 2020s, Pinball, Stern

  In a recent press release, Stern Pinball confirmed that it is now selling accessories for its new Metallica Remastered table. The five items now available for sale on Stern’s website here include an “…And Justice For All” Metallica...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Xander Skullion

by Todd Friedman | Nov 22, 2024 | 2000s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Xander Skullion who currently is displayed on card number 2725, from the Superstars of 2017 Collection.  Xander is a full-time podcaster who loves the gaming community and gives back when ever he has a chance.  Some of his time...

A review of Day of the Tentacle from Boss Fight Books

by William Schwartz | Nov 1, 2024 | 1990s, 2010s, Retro Computing, Reviews

  As Boss Fight books go, Day of the Tentacle is unusual in that it is not, strictly speaking, an original composition about the 1993 LucasArts adventure game. Author Bob Mackey is a video game journalist who worked for USgamer.net among other publications, and...