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....

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Phil Day

by Todd Friedman | Jun 1, 2018 | 2000s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Phil Day who is displayed on card number 124, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection.  Phil is one of the best Galaga players in the world.  From the land down under, Phil resides from Australia and is an avid gamer, author and...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Thanks for the Nightmares

by Brad Feingold | May 29, 2018 | 1980s, Columns

In a childs’ life, if he/she sees something so scary at one point in time, they could be scarred for life.  For some it’s clowns, for some it’s spiders.  And believe it or not, for some it’s eating bananas after 8PM at night that causes...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Steven Lucas

by Todd Friedman | May 25, 2018 | 1990s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Steven Lucas, who is displayed on card number 178, from the   Superstars of 2011 Collection.   Steven is the 1991 Nintendo Campus Challenge National Champion, in which players contested over Super Mario Bros. 3, Pin-bot and Dr....