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Bizzare JRPGS – by Matthew Floyd
People who play Japanese role-playing games, such as myself, have become somewhat desensitized to the strangeness that these games can evoke. After all, there are very few genres where pre-teen kids are frequently flung into life-threatening circumstances, and all...
Introducing the Sonic the Hedgehog 35th Anniversary Legacy Cartridge Collection
35 Years of Sonic the Hedgehog! The story of Sonic the Hedgehog is the story of the 1990s. Born of a brilliant union between cutting-edge console technology and of-the-era super radical attitude, Sonic’s iconic design and in-your-face personality quickly solidified...
Jersey Jack Pinball and SEGA® Announce the Official Sonic the Hedgehog ™ Pinball Machine
CHICAGO – June 23, 2026 – Today, Jersey Jack Pinball and SEGA announce Sonic the Hedgehog Pinball, a high-speed adventure ready to electrify the arcade. Players join Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Amy and friends as they race through iconic levels, collect rings, and...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – “ZapCristal” Cristal Laboy
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features “ZapCristal” Cristal Laboy, who is displayed on card number 3968, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection. Cristal is host of her own YouTube Channel with over 6,000 subscribers and counting. Her passion for video games is...
Versions of a Burial: The Atari Landfill Excavation in Museums, Part 2
What Museums Do: Versions The certificate, in other words, answers the wrong question — but it isn’t alone in that. Every museum holding these materials has to decide what question it’s trying to answer, and that’s where Latour and Lowe become most useful. They build...
Chrono Trigger: The Dream Project – by Steve Juon
So you’re thinking about playing Chrono Trigger. Your friends and peers have already told you it’s the greatest JRPG ever made, but you were born too late to experience it in its heyday on Super Nintendo. It only gets worse if you decide you want to live that...
A review of The History of Silent Hill
Earlier this year, Pen & Sword Books released The History of the Pokémon Games, which I reviewed here. At the same time, they released the much less obviously marketable The History of Silent Hill by Samantha Morris. Similar titles notwithstanding, these...
“The Brickade” – Fully Functioning Lego Arcade Machine
Holy Moly. That is all I have to say on this one of a kind Lego build. I literally spent a half hour talking with the creators and being mesmerized by the look and feel of the arcade machine. I went to the Brick World convention in Schaumburg, IL this past weekend...
This Day In Video Game History
