Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Eric Tessler

by Todd Friedman | Apr 16, 2018 | 2000s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Eric Tessler who currently is displayed on card number 519, from the Superstars of 2013 Collection.  He is also featured on cards 533, 1493, 2061, 2080, 2226 and 2282.   Eric is the primary supporter of the Walter Day Trading...

System Spotlight – Fairchild Channel F

by JasonBreininger | Apr 7, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, Columns, Console/Handheld, The Story Of...

Atari gets a lot of credit for pioneering the ROM cartridge based home video gaming system craze and for good reason. They were the company that bought the rights to port popular arcade games and bring them into families living rooms. All anyone really wanted back...

The Game Scholar: The Nintendo Odyssey?? – By Leonard Herman

by Leonard Herman | Apr 6, 2018 | Columns, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

A question had arisen regarding whether a statement in my book, Phoenix IV: The History of the Videogame Industry, was correct or not. The book stated that Nintendo had imported the first videogame console, the Magnavox Odyssey, into Japan. Shortly after the book’s...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Aiden Friedman

by Todd Friedman | Apr 5, 2018 | 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Aiden Friedman, who currently is displayed on card number 2820, from the Superstars of 2018 Collection.  Aiden is an up and coming gamer who is heavily involved in the gaming community and contributes his time to be a junior...

System Spotlight – 3DO

by JasonBreininger | Mar 31, 2018 | 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews, The Story Of...

  The early ’90s were something of a second coming for the wild west of video game console manufacturing. The early ’80s saw a number of console manufacturers trying to make a go of it after the success of the Atari VCS. Then there was the crash of ’83 and...

Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: Donkey Kong and Beauty and the Beast – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Mar 30, 2018 | 1980s, Columns, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

Welcome to the second installment of Brett’s Old-School Bargain Bin, where I point you to games that won’t break your bank account. We’re going full retro this time around (big surprise there), focusing on two key games from a fondly remembered genre that is now all...