70s
Toy Stories: Mattel Electronics Football
For a lot of people, their first experience with any kind of video game football was the classic Mattel Electronics Football. CONTINUE READING…
Video Games
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From Retro to Modern: How Online Slots Have Evolved Over the Years
Since their inception, online slots have evolved from simple mechanical machines into sophisticated digital experiences that captivate millions of players worldwide. CONTINUE READING…
News
LEGO Has Announced a Gameboy Set Coming in October
LEGO and Nintendo have unexpectedly announced a special new set on social media! Although there is not a lot of information, or any images, they revealed in a short teaser video that a model of the 1989 CONTINUE READING…
80s
The Retro Resurgence Podcast – Episode 5 | Top 5 Breakfast Cereals
Happy November Listeners. Episode 5 of The Retro Resurgence Podcast rolls along. After a brief discussion of how Halloween 2024 went for Ken and Chad, the show gets going. The guys discuss Cartoon Campaign 2000 CONTINUE READING…
80s
The Retro Resurgence Podcast – Episode 1 | Top NES Games
For the DEBUT EPISODE of The Retro Resurgence Podcast, Ken and Chad introduce themselves and briefly discuss the origins of the podcast before jumping into the show’s main topic Top 5 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) CONTINUE READING…
90s
Wrestling at the Arcade: 1991’s WWF Wrestlefest
Every spring, I look forward to WWE’s Wrestlemania with all of its pomp and circumstance. Unfortunately this year, with recent CDC guidelines that restrict public gatherings to under 50 people, it looks like for the CONTINUE READING…
Video Games
How the Internet Changed the Face of Gambling
For as long as civilization has existed, people have gambled. Gambling goes as far back as the Paleolithic period and it is astonishing how much the landscape has transformed over the centuries. The version of CONTINUE READING…
90s
From Panels to Pixels: 6 Comics That Inspired Games
Comics and video games share a symbiotic relationship, often crossing paths to create immersiveexperiences that captivate audiences across mediums. Over the years, numerous comic bookseries have served as fertile ground for game developers, offering rich CONTINUE READING…
90s
X-Men Arcade Game
Backed by a techno theme song, Marvel Comics’ band of misunderstood mutant superheroes stormed into arcades in 1992. Konami had built a mini-franchise using licensed characters in side-scrolling fighting games—Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Simpsons—and with CONTINUE READING…
Articles
Games to Watch For in 2024
While the previous year was a big feast for game lovers, 2024 seems like an even match. Games like Baldur’s Gate 3, Street Fighter 6, Diablo 4, and Starfield star-struck gamers. This year, ardent gamers CONTINUE READING…
Articles
5 Classic Video Games to Play in 2024
Gaming has always been an escape for various people. From the first video games ever developed to the online games we have right now, there’s no denying that some of these games have transformed pop CONTINUE READING…
Articles
How Video Games Are Bringing People Together
Video games have a reputation as being isolating, with the people who play them sometimes stereotyped as reclusive. However, in the age of the internet which allows for instant and international connection on a global CONTINUE READING…
Articles
The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest
A new Castlevania inspired game is coming to a console near you! It should come as no surprise that I’m a big fan of Castlevania. Since the first game hit the Nintendo Entertainment System I CONTINUE READING…
80s
My Christmas Memories: 1987
As you should already know, I can’t get enough ’80s nostalgia the whole year, but Christmas is an especially nostalgic time for me. In the past, I shared My Christmas Memories from 1980 , My Christmas CONTINUE READING…
80s
Pitfall Harry and the Christmas Road Trip
It was a green box with gold bars hiding behind trees, crocodiles swimming in a lake, underground tunnels and the best adventurer ever. That’s right Christmas 1982 I got the one present I wanted…PITFALL! CONTINUE READING…
