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In the latest in our ongoing look at gambling technology, we reflect on how online casinos have become like a modern-day arcade. If you’re over the age of 30, you might recall the amusement arcade, a dimly lit hall filled with retro games (which were just ‘games’ back then), pinball machines, and claw machines. Redolent […]

Created by Japanese game designer Tomohiro Nishikado, Space Invaders was initially released as a Japanese exclusive on June 19th, 1978, before later being licensed for production in the United States by Midway Games due to popular demand. The game turns 40 next year and whether you’re an avid gaming enthusiast or just a casual console […]

There’s a belief out there that “good games are always good games.” You might even call it a mantra. While this may sound surprising coming from someone like me, I don’t necessarily agree. Sometimes what was great in the past “ages out” when we get used to a better, different, or simply other way of doing […]

With technology constantly changing, it is no surprise that finding the best form of gaming experience is a hard one. What with consoles, apps, and the Internet, as soon as something new comes on the market, something else disappears, with people wanting new and different ways to satisfy their gaming love. So, just what is […]

WaterMelon Games, creators of the excellent Pier Solar and the Great Architects RPG, are back with an all new beat ’em up called PAPRIUM. Featuring an over-the-top setting, oversized characters, and a huge 80 Megabit (that’s 10 Megabytes!) cartridge size, PAPRIUM looks to be a keeper for fans of the Sega Genesis and Sega Mega […]

As often happens, two new upcoming products from AtGames and Atari for the Sony PlayStation 4 (PS4) and Microsoft Xbox One, Atari Flashback Classics Volume 1 and Atari Flashback Classics Volume 2, have been “leaked” ahead of the pending official Press Release thanks to early retailer listings (Amazon for Volume 1 (PS4 / Xbox One) […]

While I’m not personally familiar with the 33 1/3 book series from Bloomsbury Academic, it’s apparently well regarded for its analyses of famous music. As far as I know, Koji Kondo’s Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack (33 1/3) (Andrew Schartmann; 2015) is their first videogame entry. The legendary Super Mario Bros. (1985) for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) […]

Atari is back at it again with another value-packed collection of Atari 2600 VCS and arcade games, which is now available on Steam. Of the 100 games, which I listed yesterday, 18 are arcade games, of which the majority are vector-based. That leaves 82 Atari 2600 games that span the launch titles from 1977 to […]