Old School Gamer on Billy Mitchell News

by Old School Gamer | Apr 16, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Events

Dear Old School Gamers,   Thank you again for being a digital subscriber to Old School Gamer. We hope that you enjoy the news, reviews, history and more that we provide in our young magazine. Issue #4 is about to go to press and you will be getting the digital link...

King of Kong: 35 Years Later We Celebrate – By Todd Friedman

by Todd Friedman | Mar 20, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, Events, Magazine Preview

On October 8, 1983, Walter Day of Twin Galaxies had a vision. He dreamt of having a Video Game Hall ofFameinOttumwa,Iowa. Heknew this would be the perfect place to host the event being that Ottumwa, Iowa was crowned the Video Game Capital of the world one year before....

King of Kong: Where it All Began – By Shawn Paul Jones and Walter Day

by Walter Day | Mar 13, 2018 | Arcade, Events, Magazine Preview

Twin Galaxies is the world authority on player rankings, gaming statistics, and championship tournaments, with pinball statistics dating from the 1930s and video game statistics from the early 1980s. As the electronic gaming indus- try’s premiere statistician, Twin...

Free Play Florida – The Land of Mickey and Sea World is Great For Gamers!

by Old School Gamer | Mar 2, 2018 | Arcade, Events, Magazine Preview

The adventures of the Old School Gamer crew continue….this time the weekend after Galaxies of Games in Iowa. We travelled down to Orlando Florida, again with our friends Billy Mitchell and Walter Day for Free Play Florida which I’m told is the largest such event...

Nintendo 64 Anthology Book Review – By Kelton Shiffer

by Old School Gamer | Feb 20, 2018 | Console/Handheld, Events, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Want to know where OSG will be this year?  Check out our current schedule and come on out to join us and the fun.  Read the rest of this article on page 13 by clicking here! Also, read the latest book review by Kelton Shiffer for “Nintendo 64 Anthology.”...

AutoFire Power Hour: Interview With Billy Mitchell

by Old School Gamer | Feb 14, 2018 | Arcade, Events

Love him or hate him, he is Billy Mitchell and it is 99.99% guaranteed he is better at Pacman than you.  AFPH had the privilege of having a one one one interview with one of the most famous, or infamous as Billy would perhaps want it, video game players of all time. ...