Getting Started With the PSP
Welcome to a new series that I'm calling Press Start to Collect. In this series I'll use a starting budget of $100 for games to help new collectors get a good start collecting for a given console. As a standard...
Reproduction Cartridges Aren’t Evil
With the rise of collecting and a static supply of desired games, it was only natural that a solution such as reproduction cartridges would arise. The problem is that they deeply divide the game collecting comm...
Cancelling the NES Mini Was Stupid!
Title says it all, doesn't it? With the recent announcement that Nintendo was discontinuing the NES Mini, quite a few gamers and commentators have rightfully derided the decision. The price of a NES Mini on the...
Handheld Havoc: 68 In 1 Cart for the Game Boy
Oh crap, Handheld Havoc is back already? During St. Patrick's Day weekend I avoided the normal "get hammered and pretend you are Irish" festivities and instead headed to St. Louis to hang with the man himself B...
Pondering Nerdcast – Episode 53: Manbang!
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It’s full house on this episode with Lance, Nate, Dwain, Alyssa and Derik. We talk about North Korea’s streaming video effor...
How Do Digital Releases Affect Retrogaming Prices?
Welcome back to Free to Play. In previous entries to this series I have examined both the law of supply and demand as well as digital downloads of classic games, but I've never looked deeper into how digital d...
What Fueled The Rapid Rise in Retro Gaming Prices?
The days of finding lots like this for $50 or less are gone.
Any retro gamer worth their salt is all too aware that lately the price of physical retro gaming hardware has taken off like a crystal meth power...
The Retrogaming Boom, A New Gaming Crash & Business Cycle Theory
Welcome back to Free To Play. I'm a proud retrogamer and a game collector, but lately it's become a chore to collect retro games. I don't possess the kneejerk reaction against emulation that so many retro gamer...
NES Collecting & The Law of Supply & Demand
Hello, and welcome to a new edition of Free To Play. Until now, I've used examples from games that correlate with libertarian philosophy, but today, I'm trying something different. The next few Free To Plays wi...