I'm happy to report that - at least based on the early going - my transition back to the iPhone from Android is a resounding success. While I've only had the iPhone 6 Plus for effectively three days, I've been able to do every possible real world test that I...
Amazon.com has a great deal at just $50 for the Xbox One Stereo Headset, one of the accessories we recommended in our book, My Xbox One. It comes with the headset (which has a built-in microphone) as well as the controller adapter, which usually sells for at least $25 by...
Noticing a pattern of particularly high (and completely justified) interest over the past several days after several friends and family commented on and forwarded me links to the newly unveiled Internet Arcade, I thought it might be useful to create a quick blog post about my experiences getting this wonderful service running. While...
Having recently upgraded my wife's iPhone 5 to an iPhone 6 Plus on AT&T, we were able to take advantage of the AT&T Trade-in Program. Normally, we go through trade-in services like Gazelle or sell through eBay, but in this case the trade-in value was higher than Gazelle's and (presumably)...
Here are some quick photos of recent multi-platform homebrews I've been checking out: MSX platform: Uridium (an incredible port of the Commodore 64 technical tour de force), Jawbreaker II (a port of the TI-99/4a version of the maze game classic), and Monster Sound FM Paq Cartridge (an MSX MUSIC / FM PAC 100% compatible...
As a long-time technology and fitness enthusiast, I'm the perfect target for what is now becoming an avalanche of devices designed to help us be healthier, track our sleep patterns, and give us all kinds of purportedly useful data about our general state of being. Naturally, as a result, Microsoft's recent announcement...
Just a quick heads up that I upgraded the Armchair Arcade Website to allow for major social media logins, commenting, and content sharing. What this means is that you can use your favorite major social media presence (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.) to more easily interact with the Armchair Arcade Website....
![The original Commodore Vic-20 Prototype. [Photo credit: John Feagan]](https://armchairarcade.com/perspectives/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Commodore_VIC20_Proto_John_Feagan.jpg)
Thanks to Marty Goldberg and his post on the Facebook group, Vintage Gaming (& Computing), we were given the heads-up on John Feagan's photo and commentary on some early Commodore Vic-20 history. Here's John's commentary: History of the Vic-20 development has been rewritten by the non-participants--but I have the pictures....
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