This one’s for the Neo Geo freaks. The Video Game History Foundation’s free digital archive of game magazines has passed 5,000 issues, a major milestone. More importantly, the archive is now expanding beyond English to support Japanese mags, starting with Neo Geo Freak (1995-2000), which require a unique approach to preserve: “Professional archivists in Japan…
Los Santos Customs I’m modding GTA 5 every day in a quest to either transform it into a PC version of GTA 6 or break it entirely. Come back tomorrow to find out what new horrible thing I’ve done to Rockstar’s baby, or check out what I got up to earlier. It’s the greatest challenge…
I grew up in the 2000s with a PC but not a whole lot of money. That’s the kind of combination that gets you bargain-bin Sold Out Software games from Poundland or, more so in my case, an absurd number of free-to-play online and browser-based games that were utterly pervasive across the internet. My childhood…
Here’s one for you: Let’s say you’re a scientist tasked with designing an intuitive physical interface for a human operator to remotely control a robot destined to rove Mars. What do you do? Well, it turns out there’s no need to reinvent the wheel. Airbus recently showed off its ExoMars rover to documentarian Tom Scott,…
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…