Video Games

This past weekend was the Extra Life video game marathon. It gave gamers a chance to play video games for 24 hours straight, requesting donations for the good of the cause. Players chose the local children's charity of their choice and started playing. This year, the national total came to $5,102,500.90!

If there's enough of a fanbase, there's a convention for it out there. Comic book fans have Comic Cons. Coffee lovers have Coffee Fest and just about anything else you can think of. There's even a 'Hello Kitty Con' in LA. Video games are no exception as they're a multi-billion dollar industry. Over the weekend, I attended the Portland Retro Gaming Expo in Portland Oregon. It's a great way to showc

I have a passion for old video games and for stupid tricks. One such trick involves me beating the first level of Super Mario 3 without looking at the screen. I can do it blindfolded, too -- it doesn't matter, so long as I can hear the music. Here's how I did it. You can try it for yourself to see if you can do it, too!

I have a huge passion for video games for several reasons that I'll get into. There have been huge advances, not just in the quality of games, but how they're looked at by everyone in a good way. I'm very happy to say that today is Video Games Day.

Forget Candy Crush. That is sooo 2013. I have moved on to so many other cellphone games that it has gotten WAY out of control! But I know I am not alone in this. I mean, I just can't be the only one who spends that extra 99 cents for some extra moves to keep on going!

Even if you're a hardcore Nintendo fan, you might be scratching your head, saying you've never heard of this title. That's because I made this. My son and daughter don't always get along so I thought I'd make a Nintendo game where they have to use teamwork to get past each level.

At the E3 (Electronics Entertainment Expo), one of the new products that Nintendo unveiled is something called Amiibo. Like Skylanders, they are figurines that can improve and add into your video games.

Every summer, retro gamers of all walks of life head to Seattle for the Seattle Retro Gaming Expo. It's a place to share your passion of the classic games you grew up with, and for younger folks to get involved with the history of video games. If you pre-register, you'll be entered into a drawing for one of these 3D printed mini Nintendo Entertainment Systems.

I got my very first Game Boy on my birthday after it was released. Since it was released on April 21st and my birthday is April 12th, I had to wait a full year before I got my hands on one, but, once I did, I never put it back down. I still have my Game Boy and several incarnations of it from Game Boy Pocket to Color to the later versions like the Game Boy Advance and even the Nintendo DS systems,