Cool Things We Find At Gaming Expos

by Old School Gamer | Aug 25, 2018 | Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

When we go to the gaming conventions all over the United States, we take time to not only talk about our magazine, but we also have the habit of going around and taking.a look at the vendors and the artists that setup their own booth on the showroom floor.  As we keep...

Puregaming.org Collector Info: Sega 32X and SegaCD Pricer

by Old School Gamer | Aug 13, 2018 | Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

All pricing below is based on Pure Gaming’s unique algorithm that scours online resoures looking for what actual product sold for in many different locations. It should be taken only as a guide and not a final value of any game. The real value is whatever someone is...

The Game Scholar: Keyboard Creations – By Leonard Herman

by Leonard Herman | Aug 13, 2018 | Columns, Magazine Preview

Labo, the do-it-yourself kits that released on April 20, 2018, are pure genius on the part of Nintendo. They’re somehow breathing new life into the Nintendo Switch, which right now is burning bright like a phoenix, while teaching kids (and adults) the principles of...

45 Years of Arcade Gaming: The 1990s – By Adam Pratt

by Old School Gamer | Aug 10, 2018 | Arcade, Magazine Preview

This is an update & re-write of an original article that was published on ArcadeHeroes.com on June 27th, 2012 entitled ‘40 Years Of Arcade Games’. You can still read that post here: http://arcadeheroes.com/2012/06/27/ 40-years-of-arcade-games/ In our quest to...

Man Vs. Snake Review – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | Aug 6, 2018 | 2020s, Magazine Preview, Reviews

One thing that I have noticed about video game documentaries is that it turns into “Six Degrees of Iowa”. Every one of the movies I have seen always links back to Ottumwa, Iowa. And it should because that is where Walter Day started Twin Galaxies. But even better, it...

Preserving History – By Ken Horowitz

by Ken Horowitz | Aug 3, 2018 | Columns, Magazine Preview

In September 2017, I had the opportunity to do a panel on video game history and preservation at Dragon Con in Atlanta. The convention was divided into several tracks, including one for video games, and I felt that I could offer my experience of writing about Sega...