What horror game characters, Would Make an Awesome Movie?
Making a good horror film is difficult. You have to engage your audience such that they accept unusual premises, and have emotional connections with the characters in the film. Then, once you’ve set everything up, you pull the rug out from under the ...
The Rejection Policy - The Old School Game Vault
(it's expressly understood by using our service, that we reserve the right to reject any item that does not meet our quality guidelines) Updated: 05-12-2024 It's Important that the items you are selling work! We reserve the right to reject an entire ...
Retro Video Games That Have Aged Well & Some Not So Well
As we look forward to a generation of consoles that will not be backwards compatible with older game discs, it’s gotten me thinking about the different ways in which old games have proven to have a variety of extra lives. We replay them on enduring o...
The Best Life Lessons Learned from Playing Video Games
A couple of years back, while visiting with family over Thanksgiving, my cousins and siblings and I started playing the card game we call King Peasant (though it’s also called a lot of other things around the world).     ...
How Grand Theft Auto's Gameplay Has Changed Gaming forever! GTA
One title. Three words. 16 sequels. Over 350 million units sold. “Grand Theft Auto” has risen from relative obscurity to earn a spot on the Mt. Olympus of great game franchises. 2022 marked the 25th anniversary of the year “Grand Theft Auto” was...
Why The Home Gaming Console is Still the King!
Every few months or so, I see another article about how the home gaming console is at death’s door. I don’t buy it. Most of my gaming happens on consoles, or handheld gaming console, and I expect to keep it that way for the foreseeable future. Here’s...
What is Interconnected Game Play? And does it Work?
In the last couple of years, interconnected games in which player actions in one game affect options or situations in another have started to pop up more frequently than usual. Mass Effect: Infiltrator launched for mobile platforms simultaneously wit...
When is it Time to Sell My Games & Where to Sell them Online
I am way too reluctant to even think when it's time to sell my games when I'm done with them. “Maybe I'll loan them to my friends,” I think. This may be true for the first six months or even a year or two after the game's release, but after that. I m...
The Best NES Games for your kids to Experience & Play
Long before Will Smith was slapping grown men on live television, he and Jazzy Jeff taught us that “Parents Just Don’t Understand.” And it’s true. There's always an unavoidable gap between one generation and the next. Those who grew up in the 80s pla...