By Patrick Hickey Jr. Old School Gamer Magazine chats with “Canvas Hockey” creator Brandon Holt, who discusses his game and what inspired it as well as an eventual Switch release. About Canvas Hockey: Canvas Hockey is a top-down, arcade-style party game based on the sport of Ice Hockey. You can team up with friends in local multiplayer for 1v1 or 2v2 battles, or set up custom Tournaments for up to 12 players. You can also start a single player Career, where you start at the bottom (Bronze league) and work your way up to the top (CHL elite). Manage your roster by trading your partner and goali ..read more

By Patrick Hickey Jr. Old School Gamer Magazine chats with “Canvas Hockey” creator Brandon Holt, who discusses his game and what inspired it as well as an eventual Switch release. About Canvas Hockey: Canvas Hockey is a top-down, arcade-style party game based on the sport of Ice Hockey. You can team up with friends in local multiplayer for 1v1 or 2v2 battles, or set up custom Tournaments for up to 12 players. You can also start a single player Career, where you start at the bottom (Bronze league) and work your way up to the top (CHL elite). Manage your roster by trading your partner and goali ..read more

Very few film and comic franchises have yielded positive results when translated into the video game medium. Pick any random five video games based on either a film or comic and the odds of just one of those games being remotely decent are pretty slim. As gamers we‘ve gotten use to seeing some of our favorite films and comics get turned into completely unfaithful steaming piles of hot moist garbage that we tend to either shrug it off, or simply avoid. The Aliens Versus Predator (AvP) video game franchise happens to both fit and break the mold. With numerous games spanning across various platf ..read more

As many an industry suffers due to the continuing effects of the lockdown, the same cannot be said of the gaming industry – and video gaming in particular. With entertainment drifting away from live sporting events given the danger that they pose, people have had to devise their own type of fun in the home. This has, inevitably, led to a greater focus on consoles and devices. No wonder then that the American gaming industry has seen a new quarterly spending record. What the numbers are A remarkable statistic rises above them all: American consumers have spent more this past quarter on video ..read more

A new episode of The Retro Hour has been released! This time they’re joined by both David Pleasance and Trevor Dickinson. Ever wondered what happened to the Amiga after Commodore went bust? We’re joined by David Pleasance and Trevor Dickinson to get the story on the struggles and triumphs of the Amiga over the last 25 years! Source: The Retro Hour on YouTube ..read more

If you want something a bit different to impress your friends with at the next shindig, or just want a new way to play solitaire at home, the 8-Bit Deck is one worthy contender to satisfy this desire. https://www.the8bitdeck.com/  The 8-Bit Deck was created pixel by pixel and inspired by the Pico-8 gaming console. Each deck is manufactured by the USPCC (United States Playing Card Company) and retails for $15- excluding shipping. https://www.the8bitdeck.com/ The pips, numbers and faces were all designed and rendered using a nifty little art pixel editing suite called Aseprite, while caref ..read more

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