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UPDATE EXCLUSIVE TO MAY 31, 2018:  The online portion, which is only a small 64 lots, runs for a few more hours, New Jersey time: https://connect.invaluable.com/bodnar/ The live portion, which is the bulk of the stuff, starts at 3PM and runs until at least midnight tonight. That allows for absentee bidding and shipping: https://www.bodnarsa…ming-collection Bodnar’s […]

(UPDATE 1: Check out this cool Kotaku article on the collection/auction.) (UPDATE 2: PC Gamer’s coverage.) If you’ve been following along on my previous updates, here, you’ll already be familiar with the backstory for this massive single owner (me!) auction. Long story short, this is primarily an onsite auction of countless hundreds of videogame and […]

Thanks to iBUYPOWER for naming Armchair Arcade one of its top gaming blogs to follow. You can see the whole list here. iBUYPOWER is one of the top value-driven gaming PC makers, and, as proof of that, they were – after considerable research – the makers of my most recent desktop computer.

Since my last post on this topic, here, my massive videogame and computer collection was officially moved out by the auction house at the end of December. There were tens of thousands of items hauled away. You can see the full photo gallery of a lot of the stuff before it was taken, here: https://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/photopanel.cgi?listingid=3023450&category=0&zip=&kwd= The […]

After I made the announcement on social media that I was auctioning off my videogame and computer collection, I received a lot of questions both public and private simply asking, “Why?”. Before I answer that, some background. I was born in 1972, so grew up as personal computing technology in all its forms grew up. […]

I’m happy to say that my new book, from Prima Games, has officially been announced! Atari Flashback: The Essential Companion, will be released towards the end of November both online and retail (Amazon, GameStop, Barnes & Noble, etc.). More details to follow, but for now, here’s the official information about the book: A Classic Console—40 Years […]

Filed under “that was fast,” third party accessories for the Nintendo Switch are already starting to be posted. This particular batch of accessories is from PowerA. Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Comfort Grip – Red GameStop link Marketing blurb: If you love Nintendo Switch, you’re going to spend a lot of time playing it. The Comfort Grip […]

Nintendo had their long-awaited Switch presentation last night and revealed additional details about a platform that is expected to be the company’s sole combined console and handheld gaming strategy going forward. Perhaps most important, though, is that that presentation also kicked off pre-order opportunities in the US at Amazon, Best Buy, Target (where I ended up ordering my grey […]