Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Lauren Featherstone

by Todd Friedman | Jun 18, 2018 | 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Lauren Featherstone, who is displayed on card number 2752, from the Superstars Collection of 2017. Lauren is the current World Record holder on the arcade game “Tapper.” With a score of 14,000,600, she played for more than 24...

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...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Why Must We Fight So Much?!?!?!

by Brad Feingold | Jun 11, 2018 | Columns

In the past blogs that I have posted, I have always discussed my childhood memories of video games that I used to play in the past.  And I will actually do that from time to time.  But sometimes, I might wander off and talk about something but it will still remain in...

The Game Scholar: Revisiting History – By Leonard Herman

by Leonard Herman | Jun 11, 2018 | Columns, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

During my freshman year of college I took two semesters of a compre- hensive world history course. For the first semester class I had to purchase an expensive, hardcover history book, which was fine. However, when I returned for the second semester, which was being...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Ryan Burger

by Todd Friedman | Jun 6, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight Features Ryan Burger of Old School Gamer Magazine who is displayed on card number 2761, from the Superstars Collection of 2017.   Ryan is the founder and creator of Old School Magazine, which is an online and publication magazine. The...

Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Jun 4, 2018 | 1980s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Welcome to the third installment of Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin, where I direct you to games worth playing that won’t send you to the poor house. This time the spotlight is on the Atari 2600 version of Mouse Trap, which is good despite its shortcomings, and Ms....