Earlier today Bitmap Books confirmed via their website that their new title The Arcade 1971–1999: The Stories Behind Classic Coin-Ops, Told by Their Creators by Paul Drury will be available for purchase on October 1st. A source close to the publication has also informed Old School Gamer Magazine that a pre-order window will open…
I admire its purity. It’s easy to forget just how many Aliens games have been made over the years. You’d be forgiven for wondering whether there are actually enough to warrant an entire book, but at 176 pages, Mike Diver’s Aliens: The Video Games covers just about everything, from an unlicensed 1981 Commodore PET title…
How many of you have started a Minecraft world, made your first house, explored the Nether, and found an End Portal only to stop just short of defeating the Ender Dragon? I’ve done it more times than I’d care to admit, constantly juggling realms and getting bored of projects. Well, it turns out that we…
I’ve played enough horror games at this point to wonder whether I’d be any good at actually surviving one. While some games are simply out of the question after finishing Silent Hill: Townfall recently I came to the conclusion that yes, given the right circumstances I’d probably make it to the end. But what about…
Real buildings that look like something I’d build on my first night in a survival game, part 1. Defunct restroom in my local park. I count 8 wall pieces, 4 standard roof pieces, 2 triangle roof pieces, 1 door. I could definitely fit a bed in there. (Image credit: Christopher Livingston)
If this report is even close to being true, Intel could be on the cusp of a whole new and incredibly lucrative era for the company. It’s claimed that pretty much all of the biggest players in US chip tech including Amazon, Apple, AMD, Google, Tesla, Microsoft, Nvidia and Qualcomm are evaluating Intel’s upcoming 14A…
While it seems unlikely that major web platforms can be discouraged from marching us further into a surveillance dystopia with measures like Discord’s age-verification rollout, I wish they’d at least do us the courtesy of dropping the ‘I’m just a little guuuy’ schtick: when you launch an extremely popular age assurance update that everyone on…
Motion blur, chromatic aberration, bloom… we’ve discussed many times whether these effects deserve a spot in a game’s settings menu or are the hellspawn of satan’s computer graphics division. Now it’s time for you to chime in. One final reckoning; until I have the same idea again in five years’ time. I am nothing if…
TOEM 2! Garfield! Mr. Do! The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch 2 eShop – Highlights EA SPORTS FC…
There are 39* Stardew Valley-shaped farm sims that are still planning to launch in 2026 and I have 234 hours** of gaming time remaining. Someone who is good at time management please help me budget this. My crops are dying. Songs of Glimmerwick 40 hours Dragon Shelter 20 hours Grave Seasons 20 hours Nivalis Nights…