by Todd Friedman | Mar 20, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, Events, Magazine Preview
On October 8, 1983, Walter Day of Twin Galaxies had a vision. He dreamt of having a Video Game Hall ofFameinOttumwa,Iowa. Heknew this would be the perfect place to host the event being that Ottumwa, Iowa was crowned the Video Game Capital of the world one year before....
by Walter Day | Mar 13, 2018 | Arcade, Events, Magazine Preview
Twin Galaxies is the world authority on player rankings, gaming statistics, and championship tournaments, with pinball statistics dating from the 1930s and video game statistics from the early 1980s. As the electronic gaming indus- try’s premiere statistician, Twin...
by Old School Gamer | Mar 2, 2018 | Arcade, Events, Magazine Preview
The adventures of the Old School Gamer crew continue….this time the weekend after Galaxies of Games in Iowa. We travelled down to Orlando Florida, again with our friends Billy Mitchell and Walter Day for Free Play Florida which I’m told is the largest such event...
by Old School Gamer | Feb 20, 2018 | Console/Handheld, Events, Magazine Preview, Reviews
Want to know where OSG will be this year? Check out our current schedule and come on out to join us and the fun. Read the rest of this article on page 13 by clicking here! Also, read the latest book review by Kelton Shiffer for “Nintendo 64 Anthology.”...
by Old School Gamer | Feb 14, 2018 | Arcade, Events
Love him or hate him, he is Billy Mitchell and it is 99.99% guaranteed he is better at Pacman than you. AFPH had the privilege of having a one one one interview with one of the most famous, or infamous as Billy would perhaps want it, video game players of all time. ...
by Old School Gamer | Feb 9, 2018 | Events, Magazine Preview
When I initially started this magazine this summer and began contacting writers, everyone told me I HAD to get to Portland for PGRE (the Portland Retro Gaming Expo). While I had heard of it before and was excited to go, it blew all of my expectations on the attendees,...