Masaya Matsuura, Rodney Alan Greenblat and Perry Rodgers: PaRappa The Rapper: Don’t Stop Believin’

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 27, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, Interviews, The Story Of...

When the average gamer thinks of rhythm or music-based games, their mind immediately goes to titles the likes of Rock Band, Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution, all which feature licensed-tracks from a plethora of well-known artists. But a year before DDR got...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – “REWIND” – Roger Sharpe

by Todd Friedman | Jul 22, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, 2020s, Interviews, Pinball

Out this weekend on HULU is the movie “Pinball – The Man Who Saved the Game”. This movie tells the tale of pinball legend, Roger Sharpe. I highly recommend watching this to get a great history of the early pinball days.  On July 19th, 2019, I had the...

Did Sonic and GoldenEye Do More Harm Than Good?

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 20, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Interviews, Opinions

The legacy of Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog is almost unquestioned. Between the speed and the fun alone, the first three games in the series changed gaming forever. But did it hurt more than it helped? What about the classic FPS GoldenEye? Richard Ham believes so. One of...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Brandi “Gamer” Ahmer

by Todd Friedman | Jul 8, 2023 | 1990s, 2010s, 2020s, Interviews

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Brandi Ahmer who is displayed on card number 4292, from the Superstars of 2023 Collection.  Brandi “Gamer Ahmer” has a passion for all things nostalgia. With a massive collection of video games, gaming kiosks, store displays,...

Old School Gamer Exclusive: Inside Artifice: War Tactics on Steam

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 5, 2023 | 2020s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Interviews

Old School Gamer chats with Neeraj Kumar (Founder & Lead Developer, Silvine Game Studios) about his new adventure on Steam, Artifice: War Tactics. Taking a page from retro classic XCom, this is one you don’t want to miss. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was...

Inside Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction With Ronald Pieket

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 4, 2023 | 2000s, Interviews, The Story Of...

Destroy It All, One Card at a Time Powered by the same type of sandbox gameplay made popular by Grand Theft Auto 3 and a story that creatively borrowed from national and world headlines, Lucas Arts and Pandemic Studios’ Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction is one of...