From Social Activity to Online Gaming: Arcades Then & Now

by Old School Gamer | Jul 15, 2020 | 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Gaming

Many industries evolve massive as the sands of time pass and that is certainly the case where the gaming sector is concerned. Gaming’s early roots date back to the Second World War, although it wasn’t until the 1970s and 80s that things really began to take off. Fast...

Testing a New Game as a Stage of Its Creation

by Old School Gamer | Jul 10, 2020 | 2000s, Console/Handheld, Gaming

Game development has seven different stages that most developers follow. These stages include: Planning Pre-production Production Testing Pre-launch Launch Post-production Testing, the fourth stage of game development, is one of the most important steps that a...

Video Game of the Day – July 9th – Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark

by Video Game of the Day | Jul 9, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade

Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...

Prehistoric Times

by Magazine Writer | Jul 9, 2020 | 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Other Magazines Preview

Prehistoric Times Platform: Atari 2600 Programmer: Blake Leftwich Developer: Salute Games Release Date: May 2009 Okay, first things first. I know this might cost me a bit of street cred here, but here it goes: My name is Peter G, and I LIKED E.T. on the Atari 2600....

Video Game of the Day – July 5th – Owlboy

by Video Game of the Day | Jul 5, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade

Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Jon Stoodley

by Todd Friedman | Jul 4, 2020 | 1980s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Jon Stoodley who currently is displayed on card number 56, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection.  He is also featured on cards 1782 and 2209.  There are only a handful of people who have achieved the perfect Pac-Man score of...