International Video Game Hall of Fame Nomination Forms
Submissions for the International Video Game Hall of Fame Class of 2019 are now open. As the preeminent voice, The International Video Hall of Fame respectfully requests your nominations for our Hall of Fame Induction. IVGHOF Committees will select winners solely on...
Tetris and Joseph Saelee – By Joel West / Completed by Brian Szarek
Welcome to another installment of a column dedicated exclusively to Old School Gamers and Old School Games from the Golden Age of gaming. These gamers, back in the day, had to physically use a coin or token to start a video game. The earning of these coins was mostly...
Entering the Digitized Era – Part 1 – By Warren Davis
In the beginning, there was the dot. The white dot. Alone in a void of blackness. This was the world of Pong, Computer Space, Breakout and many more. Crude graphics and no color. These were the earliest arcade video games – many implemented solely through hardwired...
Pratt At the Arcade: The Darius Series – By Adam Pratt
Instead of trying to cram everything about a genre into one article, this time I am going to focus on a particular series within the realm of the shoot ‘em up. It is one that started off in arcades and was done in such a way that the home ports never could capture the...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Dan Loosen
On the heals of the 2019 Midwest Gaming Classic we look back at my interview with Dan Loosen. This interview was done on December 3rd, 2015. Thanks to Dan for giving his time for the Interview. Hope you enjoy and be sure to go to the Midwest Gaming Classic this...Latest Magazine
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