Video Game Summit 2018

by Todd Friedman | Jul 13, 2018 | 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Events

Video Game Summit, is Chicago’s Premier Video Game Event. The 2018 show will be at The Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park,IL, 7/14/18 show hours are: 10:00am till 6pm(all times central) Remember how much fun you used to have playing Atari, Nintendo and all kinds of games...

30 Years of Arcade Auctions in Iowa – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | May 25, 2018 | 2020s, Events, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

As Thanksgiving ends, the Christmas holiday season chaos begins. So many different things happen; not only on the day of Thanksgiving, but the days following as well. People continue to stuff themselves with leftovers, football games are watched, ridiculously long...

Happy Birthday Walter !!!

by Todd Friedman | May 18, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, Columns, Events, Pinball

Happy 70th Birthday Walter !!!    Today we celebrate Walter Day’s birthday with a look back at his trading card spotlight done on December 02, 2016.   The celebration today at the Museum of Pinball in Banning, CA is a fitting way for him to party with friends...

Retro City Festival in SoCal – By Old School Gamer Staff

by Old School Gamer | May 14, 2018 | 2020s, Events, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Sunny Southern California is the scene, specifically Pomona, CA, which seems to be the home of so many great things for the retro gaming community: Hyperkin, RetroBit, and the Retro City Festival. This event in mid- January (moving to the first weekend of January in...

My Experience at Midwest Gaming Classic 2018

by JasonBreininger | Apr 19, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Events, Magazine Preview

The first video gaming convention I ever attended was the inaugural Missouri Game Con held in St. Louis (where I live) in 2016. Gaming conventions always seemed like cool events that other people attended. Those lucky people that lived within a 2 or 3 hour drive of...

Old School Gamer on Billy Mitchell News

by Old School Gamer | Apr 16, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Events

Dear Old School Gamers,   Thank you again for being a digital subscriber to Old School Gamer. We hope that you enjoy the news, reviews, history and more that we provide in our young magazine. Issue #4 is about to go to press and you will be getting the digital link...