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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...
A Study of: Miracle Warriors – by Brian Lesyk
If you were yearning for a solid role-playing game in the late 80s and resided in North America and happened to own a Sega Master System console, you were certainly in the right place at the right time. As luck would have it, you were unknowingly on the cusp of being...
Atari 7800: What Went Wrong?
During the early days of home consoles, Atari absolutely dominated the market, with its popular Atari 2600 VCS and a slew of games. Five years after the 2600's release, Atari tried to mirror that success with its next-generation console, the 5200. Unfortunately, a...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Nolan Bushnell
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Nolan Bushnell, who is displayed on card number 165, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. Nolan can also be seen on card number 821 and 1333. Nolan is the founder of Atari and Check E’ Cheese as well as over 20 other...
This Day In Video Game History
