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Strong: National Museum of Play
Chances are that you may have never heard of Margaret Strong, but as a collector, I have the utmost respect for her endeavors that led to the creation of The Strong’s National Museum of Play. Born at the end of the nineteenth century, she traveled the world and...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Tim Landis
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Tim Landis who currently is displayed on card number 3322, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. Tim is a diehard arcade enthusiast. Tim does everything from talking, playing, reviewing games, going to arcades and covering...
High Score: A Really Neat Netflix Documentary.
Netflix had some good video game documentaries for a while. It was where I first watched Game Over: The Story of Atari and for fun they also have the original anime Hi Score Girl (which I would definitely recommend if you like anime) and recently Netflix released...
LaserActive
The LaserActive was an incredibly expensive console, which, while being a great modern-day collectible, was late to the party when released in 1993 by Pioneer. It was a laserdisc-based gaming platform that had the ability to overlay 16-bit graphics over high-quality...
The Polybius Quarter Scale Arcade Cab Campaign Through Kickstarter
Unearth the mystery, own a piece of history by funding the Polybius Quarter Arcade Kickstarter. View our Kickstarter campaign: bit.ly/PolybiusNumskull The team at Numskull Designs have eagerly been awaiting this day, by bringing the myth and urban legend of...
Top Video Games (1980s-1990s) That Feature Gambling
The need for entertainment has been an accompanying phenomenon of humankind since the dawn of ages. This way or other people have always needed to unwind, to have a hobby, or to have some fun. However, one of the quite recent inventions has changed the entertainment...
The Rise of the Female Gamer
When it comes to gaming, many have preconceptions about the average gamer. If movies and TV shows were anything to go by, online gaming is dominated by nerdy teenage boys in bedsits. However, that couldn’t be further from the truth, and today, gaming is multicultural,...
Double Dragon
This issue’s arcade game of choice is none other than the immensely popular side-scrolling beat-em up Double Dragon. The initial game was released in 1987 by Technos in Japan, and licensed to Taito for manufacture and distribution in the United States and Europe. The...
This Day In Video Game History
