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Blog postOn-Board v Dedicated: Which Is the Future for GPUs? The world of graphics processing unit is changing. On-board graphics chips and CPU combinations are challenging the supremacy of the dedicated graphics card. Which direction will the future take for the GPU? Read on to find out.
What Is an On-Board GPU?
On-board or integrated graphics processing units are used predominantly in laptops but can also be used in desktops. Most smartphones, tablets, and smaller compu -
Blog postThanks to everyone who has ordered a signed (by me) copy of Playing With Power: The Nintendo Story! The response has been overwhelming (in a good way), so I'm really excited. I was able to put in a big order from the publisher, so I've got more copies for sale. If you are interested in a signed copy of the Blu-ray (I will remove the shrink wrap and sign the inner sleeve), please PayPal $29.95 to brettw105@sbcglobal.net. This includes U.S. shipping. *****Send $40 for Canada orders
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Blog postThere are TONS of great retro gaming cons all over the country this year, and I will be at several, including some this summer. I love gaming cons for their vendor rooms, free play arcades, live music, VIP parties, and more. I’m also a huge fan of traveling to various cities and exploring on foot and checking out the local restaurants. To keep things organized, and to let you guys and gals know where and when I’ll be, I decided to post my schedule below.
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Blog postI recently uploaded a video about a cool gaming find my wife made in an unlikely place. I show off my find as well, and read a fascinating article about video games from 1983. When I posted a link to that video on Facebook, a “Top Fan” of my FB page named Keith Maldonado left a great comment: a story of how he got his first video game console. I’ve reprinted that story here—ENJOY! Great video! I’m really cracking up at the article’s author…Particularly when he called video games
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Blog postTodd Friedman, host of the Smash TV - The Video Game Facebook page, wrote a killer essay on Super Smash T.V. for the Super Nintendo for my forthcoming book, The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1988-1998. I decided to share the text from the chapter with you guys and gals months ahead of the book’s release. The book will be out in November, and the Kickstarter campaign is doing very well. ENJOY!
SUPER SMASH T.V.
SUPER NINTEDO
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Blog postEarlier this year, Heritage Auctions sold a rare Game Boy Color prototype for a whopping $14,400. I actually got a chance to watch the system in action, with someone playing Tetris on it. You can check out my video HERE.
And here’s the auction write-up from Heritage, describing this incredibly cool item:
This is certainly something you don't see every day. A complete prototype board, not for a game, but for Nintendo's iconic "Game Boy Color" system.
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Blog postHit a big milestone yesterday on Kickstarter and still going strong!
You can check out my Contra chapter in the book HERE.
And back the book on Kickstarter HERE.
*272-page hardcover book
*Hundreds of full-color photos
*Box art, screenshots and vintage magazine ads
*Production histories
*Reviews, author anecdotes and nostalgia
*Gameplay details and much more!
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Blog postIntellivision CEO Phil Adam has broken the silence and sent out a letter updating people about the progress (or lack thereof) about the Intellivision Amico. There’s not much new information here, and as YouTuber Smash JT says, it seems like they are simply kicking the can down the road a bit. The Amico may come out some day, but I’m not holding my breath. You can read Mr. Adam’s email below, or watch me read and comment on it on YouTube HERE. Thanks!
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Blog postI recently did a video on Adventure, the legendary Atari 2600 game. You can check it out on YouTube by clicking HERE. If you prefer a deeper dive on the subject, check out the essay below from my book, The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977-1987. And if you are really into reading about retro gaming, you can check out the sequel to the book, which is NOW ON KICKSTARTER.
Whichever way you go, enjoy!
Adventure
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Blog postMy forthcoming book, The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1988-1998, features essays on some of the most amazing games of all time, including the classic Nintendo 64 first-person shooter, GoldenEye 007. A number of super talented writers contributed to the book, including Kale Menges, who wrote the GoldenEyeessay. If you enjoy the essay below and want to read 99 more in full color with tons of gorgeous images and beautiful page layout, you can back The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1988-
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Blog postWow, funded in just three days! Thanks to everyone who helped make this project a resounding success! Since I’m so jazzed about this, I decided to post my preface to the book where everyone can enjoy it. Even though the book has reached its goal, the campaign has a long way to go. You can back the book by clicking HERE.
Without further ado, here’s the preface to The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1988-1998:
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Blog postMy newest book, The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1988-1998, is now on Kickstarter, and I’m super excited that Chris “The Irate Gamer” Bores agreed to write the foreword! He did an amazing job putting the era in perspective, providing some great memories, and preparing gamers to dig into the book and check out the best of the best from an incredible decade of gaming. Here’s Chris’s foreword in its entirety, for your reading pleasure. Thanks for checking it out! FOREWORD to The 100 Greates
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Blog postThe 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1988-1998 is the follow-up to my best-selling book, The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977-1987. The Kickstarter campaign for the book is now live! You can check it out HERE, read more info right here on this page, or skip down to the Sonic the Hedgehog chapter below. Thanks for reading, and for your support!
A gorgeous, full-color hardcover, The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1988-1998 will pick up right where the first boo -
Blog postMy latest book, The NES Omnibus Vol. 2 (M-Z), features what I call Insider Insights, which are reflections, reviews, and nostalgic stories about many of the games, written by industry professionals. As many of you know, each game gets an entire page or more, and these stories do a great job of bringing the culture surrounding these games to life. My buddy Kale Menges wrote the following about Top Gun, a beloved game for the NES that many, many kids and adults bought, rented, or borrowed from fri
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Blog postHey, I'm super excited to announce that I'll be at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin April 29 - May 1. I'll have a limited supply of my books on hand to sell and autograph. I hope to see some of you there! You can check out their website HERE.
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Blog postThanks to working at home, social distancing, wearing masks, and just plain luck, I managed to avoid getting Covid for the first couple of years of the pandemic. That changed a few weeks ago when I suddenly developed a cough and congestion and was zapped of energy. I took a home test, and sure enough I had “the Covid,” meaning it was time to quarantine from everyone but my wife, my dog, and my bedroom television set. Fortunately, I didn’t feel horrible, and I have no long-term effects that I’
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Blog postMy newest book, The NES Omnibus Vol. 2 (M-Z), is NOW AVAILABLE!
Yes, I can finally say that the book is available to everyone. US residents can order signed copies direct from me, and anyone can get the book on Amazon. Thanks to the pandemic, there were delays getting the book out, and then there were some other snags I discuss in my new video. Thanks to everyone for their patience! But I'm finally finished processing all the pre-orders and Kickstarters, so if you get y -
Blog postThis past year, like pretty much all years, was tough on celebrities. After all, despite their larger-than-life personas, they’re mortal just like the rest of us, and the Grim Reaper does come a calling eventually.Among the most famous celebrities who passed away in 2021 were the ageless Betty White, super comedian Norm McDonald, longtime talk show host Larry King, and baseball legend Hank Aaron.
Every time I hear about the death of a celebrity whose work I enjoyed, such as the on -
Blog postHow to Make More Time to Play Video Games Being involved and interested in video games is something that many people can enjoy and relate to. The growth in gaming’s popularity has been nothing but rapid. However, this is for a good reason. The improvements in consoles and games have been extremely impressive. Now, it can even be hard to tell the difference between gaming graphics and real life, not to mention that the gameplay and creativity of some of these releases are extrem
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Blog postConfession time: when it comes to the 1990s to the present, my history with computer games is spotty at best. Sure, I’ve played DOOM and some of the other major releases, and I even taught myself to type with Mario Teaches Typing (it was much more effective than my high school typing class), but I’m definitely a console gamer through-and-through. By and large, I prefer the simplicity, immediacy, and “plug-and-play” vibe of the console experience over computer games.
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Blog postWilliam Shatner, a.k.a. Captain Kirk, has gone where no Star Trek actor has gone before: outer space. Real outer space, where no one can hear you scream (oops, wrong franchise). At 90 years old, Shatner is the oldest person to travel above the Kármán Line, which is the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space.
Shatner’s trip aboard the Blue Origin rocket only lasted a few minutes (yeah, I wish he were in orbit around Earth, too), but it profoundly moved the non -
Blog postThe NES OmnibusVol. 2 (M-Z) will be out in November, but I wanted to share this excellent supplemental essay from the book with everyone ahead of the shipping date. I hope you have as much fun reading it as I did! Enjoy! Everything I Needed to Know, I Learned from the NES
By Shane Stein
Everything I needed to know, I learned from the NES. An exaggeration? Well, yes, of course. But surprisingly enough, and perhaps to the chagrin of 1980s parents everywhere, Nintendo games -
Blog postEver since I was a kid during the 1970s, reading the four-color adventures of Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, The Flash, Green Lantern, and the like, I wanted to own my own comic book store. In 1991, I did just that, opening Fantastic Comics & Cards in the Fort Worth area with my brother-in-law, Mike. We even opened a second location. Prior to that, I worked for Lone Star Comics, first in the backroom, then as store manager. Nowadays, I’m a writer (including a 14-year stint freelancing for
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Blog postIf you’re not super into video games, you may not know that Nintendo began as a playing card company way back in 1889. Or that the NES, home to Super Mario Bros., was NOT the company’s first gaming console—It was the Color TV-Game (of which there were five iterations), introduced in Japan in 1977.
You can learn these arcane facts and much more by watching Playing With Power: The Nintendo Story (2021), a five-part series currently available on Crackle, a streaming service that is simila -
Blog postIn 1989, I quit my job driving a bob-tail truck around the Dallas/Fort Worth area, delivering photo copier machines (someone had to do it), and got my lifelong dream gig of working at a comic book store, Lone Star Comics in particular. Ironically, they hired me because I had experience in delivery, not because of my prodigious comic book knowledge. They needed someone to drive the company van, pick up comics at the local Diamond distributor, and take the comics to the various locations of the
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Classic Home Video Games, 1989–1990: A Complete Guide to Sega Genesis, Neo Geo and TurboGrafx-16 Games
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How to Get Published: 50 Successful Query Letters
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