Category Archives: Gaming

We See Farther: A Tribute to the EA that Once Was

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Blake Patterson

Some of my most treasured items in the basement computer room or “The Byte Cellar” (cue my daughter rolling her eyes) are on the wall. The room is full of system setups from the ’80s and ’90s, and I love … Continue reading →

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A Look at VM Labs’ NUON — A Modern Retrospective

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Blake Patterson

As regular readers are aware, my own basement “Byte Cellar” is host not only to many different home computers that span the decades but to game consoles of varying vintage, as well. Among these, my most unique and treasured is without question … Continue reading →

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Handheld Gaming on a Snowy Day

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Blake Patterson

The recent winter storm in the D.C. area left us snowed in for a couple of days last week, and when I wasn’t romping around in the white stuff with my daughter or otherwise enjoying the family, I spent some … Continue reading →

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It Was More Fun When Stores Had Arcade Games

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Blake Patterson

I don’t mean arcades, I’m talking about retail stores like grocery stores, drug stores, 7-11 and other mini-marts. Yea, back in the ’80s they basically all hosted a couple of arcade cabinets. As a kid being dragged around from store … Continue reading →

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I Reached for the Nuon for “PONG Week” Over at /r/RetroBattlestations

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Blake Patterson

The project / competition fun continues over at /r/RetroBattlestations. We’ve now had BASIC Week, Spooky Week, Logo Week, and most recently PONG Week at the retro computing subreddit, and each one has been a blast. PONG Week challenged participants to … Continue reading →

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A Glimpse of the Elusive ‘Time Bandit’ for the Sanyo MBC 550

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Blake Patterson

Those who follow me here at my retro blog or over at TouchArcade know that I’ve been a gamer for quite some time, now. And, after all of those years of gaming, I certainly have my favorites that still provide … Continue reading →

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So Long, and Thanks for All the Games

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Blake Patterson

Last week I sent out a tweet marking a rather sad turn of events concerning one of the most notable game studios of all time. On further reflection, I wanted to say a few words here. On Wednesday, Sony shut … Continue reading →

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Glowing Pixels Replace Swirls of Paint at the Smithsonian

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Blake Patterson

This past weekend, my daughter and I attended an exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. that no gamer or pixel artist in the region will want to miss. The Art of Video Games exlores the 40 … Continue reading →

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Future Games: Ten Years from Now, Thirty Years Ago

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Blake Patterson

I think a lot about video games. I’ve been playing them for about 35 years now, and I’m fortunate enough that video games — playing them and writing about them with the rest of the great crew at TouchArcade — … Continue reading →

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So, Guess What Came in the Mail the Other Day

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Blake Patterson

In late September, Eric Chahi’s superb sci-fi platform action adventure, Another World [App Store], arrived for the iOS platform. I reviewed it shortly before it launched, over at TouchArcade. It was excellently translated to iOS by DotEmu and I gave … Continue reading →

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