Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Daniel Iacovelli Talks 2025 Video Game Summit

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | May 8, 2025 | 2020s, Events, Gaming, Interviews

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Daniel Iacovelli, Video Game Summit Promoter, about this year’s event. Old School Gamer Magazine: What makes this year’s Video Game Summit special? Daniel Iacovelli: This year’s show reflects our original when we started back...

Project S-11 Remix Challenge Enters Its Final Four Weeks

by William Schwartz | Apr 19, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Events, Gaming

  On March 1st, Paragon 5 opened up its remix contest for the classic Game Boy Color game Project S-11, which has recently seen a rerelease for the Chromatic by ModRetro. The original 8-bit soundtrack, by Finnish composers Jonne Valtonen and Aleksi Eeben, has a...

First Person Shooter: The Definitive FPS Documentary

by Todd Friedman | Mar 9, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2020s, Events

CLICK HERE TO BE A PART OF THE FPS ARMY   The ultimate celebration of the FPS genre. Join us as we revisit the greatest ever FPS games, guided by the developers who created them. Limited edition numbered run, only available until August 1st. Digital Release: 31st...

It’s In The Game Episode 2 Review: Amazon Prime Documentary Covers the Madden Franchise to 1995

by William Schwartz | Nov 29, 2024 | 1990s, 2010s, Console/Handheld, ESports, Events, Interviews, Reviews, The Story Of...

  When we last left off with It’s In The Game, the documentary hit the high point of John Madden Football becoming the huge surprise hit of the 1990 holiday season. A lot happens in the next five years, and the second episode achieves a neat parallel by...

Video Game Summit in Chicagoland, October 17-19, 2024

by Todd Friedman | Oct 15, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Events

WE HAVE EXPANDED TO A MASSIVE 100,000 SQ FT SHOW FLOOR FOR THIS YEAR’S EVENT!! The Pinball Expo will be expanding its show floor to 100,000 sq. ft. and celebrating its 40th year as the longest running pinball show. The event, which takes place Oct. 17-19th, will...

Atari’s Lunar Lander Beyond | The 2024 Reimagining of the Arcade Original

by GenX Grownup | Sep 2, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Events, GenX Grownup

In this narrative-centric revival of Atari’s classic IP, players are placed in the shoes of a newly appointed captain of the Pegasus corporation with the task of leading a fleet of landers. What begins as a simple task of completing risky (but standard) landing...