Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Xander Skullion

by Todd Friedman | Nov 22, 2024 | 2000s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Xander Skullion who currently is displayed on card number 2725, from the Superstars of 2017 Collection.  Xander is a full-time podcaster who loves the gaming community and gives back when ever he has a chance.  Some of his time...

A review of Day of the Tentacle from Boss Fight Books

by William Schwartz | Nov 1, 2024 | 1990s, 2010s, Retro Computing, Reviews

  As Boss Fight books go, Day of the Tentacle is unusual in that it is not, strictly speaking, an original composition about the 1993 LucasArts adventure game. Author Bob Mackey is a video game journalist who worked for USgamer.net among other publications, and...

DarkFusion Systems

by Todd Friedman | Oct 24, 2024 | 2010s, 2020s, Gaming

DarkFusion Systems has been in business for over 5 years, developing small form factor bespoke PCs for gamers and creators alike. Whether you’re a gamer, engineer, accountant, designer, video editor, or other creator, they have you covered. Over the last 2...

Stern Pinball Unveils Metallica Remastered

by William Schwartz | Oct 16, 2024 | 2010s, 2020s, Pinball, Stern

    The Pinball Expo in Schaumberg near Chicago is in full swing and will continue through October 19th. In the midst of these events, Stern Pinball has seen fit to announce a remastered revival of their popular 2013 Metallica table. The new LCD display...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Don Hodges

by Todd Friedman | Oct 10, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Don Hodges, who currently is displayed on card number 753, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection.  Don is a classic arcade gamer who has analyzed program code for games such as Pac-Man, Dig-Dug, Defender, and Galaga. He may be...

A review of Chrono Trigger from Boss Fight Books

by William Schwartz | Sep 12, 2024 | 1990s, 2010s, Console/Handheld, Reviews

  It always bears repeating- retro gaming culture is, itself, so old at this point that we can look at retro game appreciation from ten years ago and find tropes about as archaic to us now as the retro games themselves seemed to the people making that content....