by Todd Friedman | Oct 17, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Events
Pinball Expo is the brain child of Rob Berk who grew up playing pinball. His dream was to recognize his heroes – the pinball designers and artists that created the games he loved. With the help of Bill Kurtz and Mike Pacak, Pinball Expo became a reality taking place...
by Ben Magnet | Oct 5, 2022 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Events, Gaming
The music from the Final Fantasy series has always been special. The first official video game concert held in the US was a Final Fantasy show at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in May of 2004. While not the first video game concert to be held ever, it...
by Old School Gamer | Jul 30, 2022 | 2020s, Events, Magazine
Summer so far has been quieter than some of the past years, as we have taken more time at home working on the magazine and other things all our readers will be finding out in August more about. So, we only have a couple Midwestern events to talk about in this issue....
by Todd Friedman | Apr 30, 2022 | 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Events
On the heals of the 2022 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...
by Ryan Burger | Mar 31, 2022 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Events
When an opportunity to get involved in a Mini-Con in Kansas City came up with about 10 days to go before the event, I jumped at it. Contacting Cat, who runs the King Arcade for its owners Billy and Derek,I found out that they had done one of these events before but...
by Indie Retro News | Dec 31, 2021 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Events, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Press Release
With one day left for 2021 and something I’ve personally not done on Indie Retro News before, I thought it was about time I also did an Indie Retro News game of the year award for the C64 with the winner being announced at some point on Jan 1st 2022. Yes we may...
