by Jason Russell | Jun 25, 2018 | Magazine Preview, The Story Of...
It could be argued that most any video game is a role-playing game; what are we doing when we grab a controller and settle in to session, after all, if not playing the role of a sniper, a race car driver or mushroom-stomping plumber? Yet throughout the ye What makes...
by Todd Friedman | Jun 25, 2018 | Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...
role-playing game (RPG) is a game in which each participant assumes the role of a character, generally in a fantasy or science fiction setting that can interact within the game’s imaginary world. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a...
by Brad Feingold | Jun 1, 2018 | 1990s, Magazine Preview, Reviews, The Story Of...
A long time ago, in a…. wait, wrong movie…Another video game documentary has surfaced, but what is nice is that it’s not about competition or egos. And I do want to point out that egos are NOT a bad thing during competition. All the people that I have been...
by Brad Feingold | May 25, 2018 | 2020s, Events, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...
As Thanksgiving ends, the Christmas holiday season chaos begins. So many different things happen; not only on the day of Thanksgiving, but the days following as well. People continue to stuff themselves with leftovers, football games are watched, ridiculously long...
by Old School Gamer | May 17, 2018 | Magazine Preview, The Story Of...
People often ask me what they have to do to get a job making video games. If you asked me that today, I’d tell you I haven’t the faintest idea because the industry has changed so much from when I started. Ironically, when I was a young programmer just out of college,...
by JasonBreininger | May 15, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews, The Story Of...
Consoles When any sort of new technology is made available for public consumption, there’s a portion of the population that will resist it and a portion that will embrace it wholeheartedly. Consumers of video games are no different in this regard. 1991 was a couple of...