Ice Cold Beer and Arcade Tournaments – By Phil Day

by Old School Gamer | May 30, 2019 | 2010s, Arcade, Events, Magazine Preview

By and large, the great achievements of early arcade gamers from the 80’s remained known only to the faithful few until 2007, with the release of the feature length documentary film, King of Kong. At first, the film seemed peculiar: a niche subculture of competitors...

Multiplayer Rogue-lite Boss Crushers Leaves Early Access on Steam Today

by Old School Gamer | May 15, 2019 | 2010s, Events

Full version features new spells, items, locations, enemies and bosses Moscow, Russian Federation –May 15, 2019– Independent games development studio Space Horse releases Full Version of the online multiplayer rogue-lite game Boss Crushers on Steam today. In Boss...

Original Earthworm Jim™ Team Reunites 25 Years After Initial Release to Create a New Earthworm Jim Game Exclusively for the Upcoming Intellivision® Amico™ Game Console

by Old School Gamer | May 2, 2019 | 2010s, Events

Live Simulcast Chat During First Game Design Meeting Saturday, May 4 at Noon PT on Facebook Live, Twitch TV and YouTube Live IRVINE, CA, May 1, 2019 – In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Earthworm Jim, Intellivision Entertainment is proud to announce it has...

No More Endgame, There’s a New Game Coming, Sonic!

by Brad Feingold | Apr 30, 2019 | 2010s, Events

Now that the smoke, I mean dust has cleared this past weekend with the chaos of the Endgame and also GoT, we have a lot to look forward to this year.  With the hype of the Pokemon’ movie and the next and hopefully not the last Star Wars movie ever to be made, we...

International Video Game Hall of Fame Nomination Forms

by Todd Friedman | Apr 27, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns, Events, Pinball

Submissions for the International Video Game Hall of Fame Class of 2019 are now open.  As the preeminent voice, The International Video Hall of Fame respectfully requests your nominations for our Hall of Fame Induction.  IVGHOF Committees will select winners solely on...

Golden Era Competitive Gamer Joel West Passes – By Walter Day

by Walter Day | Apr 18, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Events, Magazine Preview

On November 28, 2018, the legendary video game champion, Joel David West, passed into eternity. Though many of his friends knew he was wrestling with health problems aggravated by diabetes, everyone was surprised and stunned when he passed away. It seems that in...