The House of the Dead

by Shaun Jex | Oct 28, 2018 | 1990s, Arcade, Reviews, The Story Of...

I will always associate the game House of the Dead with going to the movies. The game was released in Japan in 1996, appearing in the United States a year later. It immediately became a staple at arcades. As I recall, it sat in the arcade section of every movie...

The Shock and Scandal of Phantasmagoria

by Shaun Jex | Oct 24, 2018 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...

It all began with a single childhood trauma. At age four, future video game designer Roberta Williams saw the 1959 film Horrors of the Black Museum, a movie about a frustrated writer who hypnotizes his assistant and makes him torture people to provide inspiration for...

Shivers: Exploring Dr. Windlenot’s Mysterious Museum

by Shaun Jex | Oct 20, 2018 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...

Professor Windlenot’s Museum of the Strange and Unusual sits in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. Opened by Sir Hubert Windlenot, the museum was intended to highlight the arcane knowledge Windlenot gathered over the course of his career with the The President, Council and...

Midwest Gaming Classic, Vintage Computer Festival East, Corgs Southern Fried and E3 Convention Update – By Old School Gamer Staff

by Old School Gamer | Oct 19, 2018 | Events, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Starting out this season of expos we go from Milwaukee to New Jersey to Ohio and end up in Los Angeles for the mega E3 expo! MIDWEST GAMING CLASSIC • MILWAUKEE, WI BY RYAN BURGER The Midwest Gaming Classic is the first video game expo I have ever attended. It started...

Soundtrack Review: Donkey Kong Country, Part II (SNES, 1994)

by Adam Johnson | Oct 17, 2018 | 1990s, Audio, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews

Welcome back! This is the second (and last) part of a two-part review. Last time around, I put down some of my thoughts on the first half (or so) of the SNES Donkey Kong Country soundtrack. If you want to catch up, here’s the link. To listen to each track...

The Evil Dead And the “Video Nasties” Menace

by Shaun Jex | Oct 13, 2018 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...

I believe I have made a significant find in the Kandarian ruins, a volume of ancient Sumarian burial practices and funerary incantations. It is entitled “Naturum De Montum”, roughly translated: Book of the Dead. The book is bound in human flesh and inked...