The Cabinet of Curiosities: Chase the Chuck Wagon
Late at night, I often lay in bed pondering the deep, unanswerable questions of life: Why are we here? What does it all mean? And why would someone decide to make a video game based off Purina’s Chuck Wagon line of dog food? First, a little background is necessary. In...
The Cabinet of Curiosities: Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes
One of my most distinctive childhood memories: I woke up before sunrise on a Saturday morning. It was raining. To be more specific, there was freezing rain pelting the windows. I turned on the television. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes was playing. Not the crappy...
The Curious Case of George Plimpton in the Video Game World
We’re still relatively close to April Fool’s Day, so I’m going to take a slight detour from my typical blog posts. Instead of writing about the history or gameplay of an an old school video game, I thought we’d take a look at the curious case of George Plimpton in the...
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
It’s been called the worst video game of all time. Some people even credit it with causing the 1983 video game crash that nearly ruined the industry. A common legend surrounding the game is that it was so bad that Atari buried all of the unsold copies under a layer of...Latest Magazine For Paid Subscribers
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