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History
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At Dealey Plaza I stood at the spot where JFK was assassinated 60+ years ago
Sometimes have to give a little lenience on the subject matter here at PGM. This might not exactly be videogame-related, although I've certainly tried to tie this event in history to gaming, see: Controversial 2004…
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How To Play Flash Games with Ruffle Emulator
Always get a kick out of the names of some of these emulators. Ruffle ( https://ruffle.rs/ ) seeks to solve the missing link to play all those defunct (not really) Flash games we used to be able to play in the browser…
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My #GameADayChallenge streak ended at 1,264 consecutive game days played
So, won't be the Cal Ripken of gaming, at least this round. Eventually every streak ends, and that was the case this last Tuesday June 17, 2025, when for the first time I didn't play a different game. The streak started…
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20 Years ago Summer Family Vacation involved Games, of course
Typically, I write these articles and move to the next. I've been writing and publishing online for a long, long time about a variety of topics, but commonly technology, entertainment and gaming. Words written and…
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Nearly 25% of all game time in 2024 spent playing six games with top 3 over 7 years old
Top games for playtime in 2024, what are your guesses? Indiana Jones? Starfield? Rocket League? Nope. It's sobering to think of the many, many games out there ( With 270,000+ games, Gamers are hopelessly outnumbered +…
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Ever Watched Starcade? The 80s Arcade Game Show
The 80s were cool in a number of ways, our game shows even had video games as contests like this one called Starcade "TV's first video arcade gameshow" broadcast 4/27/1985 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkmJv9H1BD4 )…
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February 10 International Cribbage Day
Yesterday, it was the biggest football game of the year: the Super Bowl, today it's ... cribbage. Do you play Cribbage? It's a game that's been played since the early 1600s! That's 400+ years. Besides playing offline…
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Replay Game Spotlight (RGS #5) Pinball Fantasies: PartyLand
Every Monday on a new Twitch stream called, (Not) Blue Monday ( https://www.twitch.tv/playgamesmoredotcom ) - kicking off each week with games from the past. It might be games released yesterday or dozens of years ago.…
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With 270,000+ games, Gamers are hopelessly outnumbered + National Card Playing Day
Moby Games ( https://www.mobygames.com/ ) has been keeping track of games for quite some time now. They don't track every type of game -- like probably not all mobile, indie games and Steam games, mainly published…
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The Four Assassins that Killed JFK November 22, 1963, according to Rob Reiner's Team
Tomorrow isn't a day to celebrate, but mourn the assassination of JFK. You might wonder what this has to do with games, but we have a fair share of games in 2024 dealing with guns. And even some where your goal as a…
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Toys R Us Uses AI Video Commercial to Tell Its Story
Remember Toys R Us ( https://www.toysrus.com/ )? We bought several gaming consoles and videogames through Toys R Us stores when they were in the area. Sadly, their locations around us are mostly closed. They are still…
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Goodbye to Zilog Z80, Pac-Man's Processor No Longer Being Manufactured
Everything good eventually ends, right? 48 years of manufacturing the Zilog Z80 has, in fact, come to an end. The Z80 has been used in many classic arcade and other gaming-related hardware. Can you say Colecovision?!…
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A Game That Has Survived for Thousands of Years
Backgammon is a game that many people have heard of, but in my experience not many people have played. Why is that? I think so many people know about it because the game dates back nearly 5,000 years (…
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April 13 National Scrabble Day
Forget Miller Time on April 13th every year, it's Scrabble time! April 13 is the day Scrabble inventor Alfred Mosher Butts was born. He gave the world an iconic board game now played all over the world. Today, more than…
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Play the game Sega didn't really want you to play, Dottori-Kun
Let's talk good arcade game trivia. Getting around obscure Japanese regulations, and one of Sega's best selling games by accident, was created in the 1990s and is called Dottori-Kun. It is a tiny, budget PCB that was…
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March 31 - April 2, 2024 - American Crossword Puzzle Week
It's time to celebrate and play crossword puzzles! Crossword puzzles are easily one of the most popular word games in the world. It only took a few centuries from the development of the English language to form this new…
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Humpday Wednesday #34 FX Tournament +Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
This week's Humpday Wednesday will roll a little differently. We've done features on Wednesdays before like Mark Ritchie ( BONUS SCORE CHASING EVENT – Virtual Pinball Tribute To Pinball Designer Mark Ritchie: 14 of 16…
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March 8 National Retro Videogame Day
Tomorrow is an exciting day for multiple reasons. First, we'll be releasing Season 2 Week 27 game to score chase: Lode Runner and second, March 8 is National Retro Videogame Day. Retrogaming time! Known as National…
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REACTION: Pinball Does Not Need Virtue Signaling, Hollywood is a Clueless Guide
Just saw this from PGM Member Kevgret. Wanted to show you his comments first along with a link to a pinball-related article I hadn't read before his comments in Discord. Here is what I saw first: Was curious by…
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February 22 National Play More Cards Day
Playing cards has been around a long, long time in history and today is the national day to celebrate play more cards! The earliest mention of card games in world history dates back to the Tang dynasty in China.…
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Wow, NES Tetris Kill Screen Finally Reached Multiple Times
Every gamer on earth has likely heard about the puzzle game Tetris. This is one I played more on console, the NES, than in the arcade. Recently, we've come across multiple cases of the previously believed "impossible"…
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Didn't Go? It's OK, Here's Why I Stopped Following and Covering CES
Throughout the late 90s and 2000s, I followed the yearly Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas and also the adult show that runs concurrently. Personally, I found the adult side way more interesting and engaging…
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REACTION: The Little Engine That Could? Spooky Pinball's Looney Tunes Gameplay Reveal
Spooky Pinball ( https://www.spookypinball.com/ ) refers to themselves tongue and cheek as (all caps, but won't yell at you here) "the best pinball company in Benton, Wisconsin"). Surely, fellow pinball player readers,…
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List of 11 Die Hard games + Yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie, but none are Christmas games
AI rendered Nakatomi Plaza from Die Hard Before getting to the wishbone of contention that stumps legions of fans, non-fans and critics worldwide regarding the movie Die Hard (1988) being a Christmas movie, let's…
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Some of Santa's Gifting includes 7 FREE Games to Play
We all know that jolly red guy with the white beard, the reindeer and glorious sleigh. The question remains where is he at delivering gifts all over earth? He's real busy right now, but fortunately the annual Norad…
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Remembering Jerry Lawson, Father of the Videogame Cartridge and the Fairchild F
Game cartridges were all the rage in the late 70s through the 90s until the CD took over, though Nintendo somewhat stubbornly has hung onto the technology in some form or other, up to the Nintendo Switch that uses SD…
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Controversial 2004 Shareware PC Game: JFK Reloaded + Rob Reiner 2023 Podcast Claims Knowing Who Killed JFK
Today, November 22, 2023, is the 60 year anniversary of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy. Having read a bunch of books and seen many documnetaries, TV shows, interviews and seen the Oliver…
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Delorean with 977 Miles Being Restored After Sitting in Wisconsin Barn for 20+ Years
Mice in a Wisconsin barn need to look for a new home, as a Delorean with only 977 miles is now undergoing restoration according to 'Absolute Time Capsule' Found in Wisconsin Barn : "We believe it had been parked for…
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WGN Radio Interview with Gary Stern of Stern Pinball + Chicago Pinball Expo 39th year
Ahead of the upcoming 39th year of Chicago Gaming Expo, WGN Radio host Dave Plier interviews Stern Pinball chairman Gary Stern here (approximately 15 minutes long):…
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Bought, Watched Pinball: The Man Who Saved The Game + 8 Roger Sharpe Designed Pinball Machines and 6 VPIN Recreations
No, this isn't a movie review site, it's a game site, but essentially anything game-related is fair game, pun intended ;) This movie about the guy who "saved" the game of pinball, is definitely a plunge into a skill…
