Review: Flynn’s Retrocade
When we last left the Little Green Men and their Big Green Dad, they were searching for a new “arcade home” in northern Utah, and they encountered… disappointment. This weekend, however, was a different story. […]
Category: Gaming
Comments on things related to video games (usually of a fine vintage of at least 20 years), game collecting, and chronicling the history of video games.
Review: The Atomic Arcade
I looked up lots of things about the Salt Lake City area months before moving there: schools, housing prices, utility prices, jobs, restaurants, retro arcades. Retro arcades? Well, yes. I’d think you would have to […]
Cyan Saturday
I’m declaring it Cyan Saturday. Not sure why, but it flows off the tongue way better than Black Friday, doesn’t it? First off, I want to introduce a new tradition, wherein I point you toward […]
Work the room
That first time I went to Classic Gaming Expo was quite something. I had won, in a contest on the Digital Press forum, a pass to attend the alumni dinner held the night before the […]
Rogue One: A Vector Graphics Story
Dear company now passing yourself off as Atari, This would be the best possible use of your time and resources right now. Think of it as a game design document built on hope. You may […]
On the passing of Joyce Worley-Katz
I was saddened this morning to hear that Joyce Worley-Katz, 1/3 of the editorial team of the pioneering ‘80s Electronic Games Magazine, has passed away. She was married to fellow EG editor Arnie Katz, and […]
The one about the Pokemon
I know a lot of you are sick to death of hearing about Pokemon Go, but let me tell you, if you have a kid who’s accustomed to sitting on the sofa to catch his […]
And then BB-8 vanquished the basilisk
E and I played a Tuesday night game of checkers, during which he told me he wanted to introduce some sort of “battle” element to the game. After we finished our game, I fired up […]