Lost Arcade Classic: Guzzler
Odd. That’s the word; the word that perfectly sums up Tehkan’s Guzzler, a 1983 entry into the “cute” genre of arcade games. It’s a maze game, but one quite unlike the myriad of Pac-Man clones that populated game rooms during this era. It’s more...
THE FIRST QUARTER: A 25-YEAR HISTORY OF VIDEO GAMES
If you follow video game “journalism,” you’re probably familiar with Steven Kent. He has written about electronic entertainment for mainstream sources such as MSNBC and USA Today, and has been a frequent contributor to Next Generation magazine. A few years ago, I’d...
CVG 101: The Comic Book Connection
In the early 1980s, video games were everywhere as everyone was trying to cash in on the booming video game business. This included the comic book companies. First of all, both DC and Marvel, two of the largest publishers at the time, were licensing their characters...
Flash Forward: AOL Anywhere By Patrick Wong
In what’s being billed as the biggest corporate union of all time, the pending merger of America Online and Time-Warner proves that to be the leader in the Internet world, you must not only have the largest paying subscription base in the world, but you must...
Classic Games At A Premium By Tim Snyder
In the 1980’s, your morning breakfast cereal often served up more than processed enriched flour, pounds of sugar, and colors not normally found in nature. Sometimes, if you were lucky or if you were willing to do a little collecting, your morning bowl of Sugar-Frosted...Latest Magazine For Paid Subscribers
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