Modern Times – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Summer Daze

On October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 By Jimmy Maher

I want to bring a new project by this blog’s friends Corey and Lori Ann Cole to your attention today. Summer Daze at Hero-U builds upon their earlier Hero-U: From Rogue to Redemption, which was a fine revival in spirit of their much-loved Quest for Glory games of yore. This […]

The Pyramids of Giza (A Wonders of the World Book)

On October 21, 2019October 22, 2019 By Jimmy Maher

While I normally try not to mix the digital and analog sides of my writing too much, I do just have to announce that an e-book version of my just-completed series on the Pyramids of Giza over at The Analog Antiquarian is now available at Amazon. It’s had much more […]

Out with 1992, In with 1993

On May 15, 2019May 16, 2019 By Jimmy Maher

First, the bad news: I’m afraid I won’t have a new article for you this Friday. My wife Dorte and I are going to take a long weekend in beautiful Bornholm, and I’ve been using this shortened work week to do some preparations for my next few months of writing. […]

The Analog Antiquarian

On January 11, 2019January 12, 2019 By Jimmy Maher

I’m very excited today to announce The Analog Antiquarian, a new companion site to this one. While this site continues to be, as the subtitle says, “a history of computer entertainment and digital culture,” the new one will be for “chronicles of worldly wonders” — more wide-angle history articles about […]