A Conversation With Nolan Bushnell Part 1 of 2 – Arcades Through the VCS – By Michael Thomasson

by Michael Thomasson | Sep 24, 2019 | 1970s, Arcade, Magazine Preview

Sometimes that amazing crossing of paths happens and you just get so excited that you have to jump on it. That opportunity came for our publisher, Ryan Burger at CES this past year when he ran into Tyler Bushnell who is working to make his place in the gaming industry...

RETROSPECTIVE: Playing the Sega Genesis Mini

by Jason Russell | Aug 21, 2019 | Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Genesis Does What Nintendid In the event that you’ve been living under a rock, retro mini consoles are a hot commodity right now. Nintendo got the ball rolling with the NES Classic Edition (then again with the SNES), Sony did their best to compete with the poorly...

Retro Games on Modern Consoles – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | Aug 7, 2019 | 2000s, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Sit down with a bunch of retro video game enthusiasts and you might have an argument about the best platform game of the 80’s and 90’s. Some will say the Mario series, some will say Kirby, and some will even say Sonic the Hedgehog. But one series that I loved to...

People and Places – Kelsey Lewin – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Aug 5, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Entrepreneur and video game historian Kelsey Lewin is only in her mid-twenties, but she already has well over 100,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel. She’s also the co-owner of Pink Gorilla Games in Seattle, and she spends her free time volunteering for the Video...

The Walter Day Report: Misadventures in the Golden Ages – By Walter Day

by Walter Day | Aug 3, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview

Sometimes things just seem to go off the beaten path and you find yourself faced with the most surprising obstacles — even in the world of classic gaming. Chris Steele and I invite other gamers to submit their fondest memories of events that blindsided them back...

Honoring a Pioneer – By Leonard Herman

by Leonard Herman | Aug 2, 2019 | 2000s, Columns, Magazine Preview

In January 2000, Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine, which at the time was the world’s best-selling video game magazine, published my seven-piece article about Ralph Baer, the inventor of the home video game console. Baer later told me, several times, that he...