For over a decade, The Retroist Podcast has taken a nostalgic look back at the last 40+ years of ret
The first time I saw Jaws was on television and I found it terrifying and compelling. After seeing i
Over the years, I have been slowly trying to cover all of Atari’s console releases. The first one I
Arcades in the early half the 80s had a constant flow of new machines. Some were food, you would pla
In the late 1980s, a new multiplayer beat-em-up hit arcades, Golden Axe. It took what other games ha
A few months ago, I was chatting with my sister and out of nowhere she asked me if I had done a Vall
I don’t think that Fantasy Island was a show that was meant for the entire family, but with my famil
The Magnavox Odyssey 2 was a contender early on in the video game console world. It had a lot going
I have met a couple of adults who are unlucky enough to have never visited a Chuck E. Cheese as a ki
Streets of Fire is a rock n roll fantasy film that crossed genres and had music at its center. Unfor
For years I have been considering doing a Monkees podcast. It has always felt like a big subject sin
At one point in the mid-80s, two light based combat gun games hit the market, Lazer Tag and Photon.
Like most people, I grew up in my own bubble filled with things that me, my family and friends enjoy
When I say Burger Chef to most people, they might recognize the name from its appearance on Mad Men,
The hype around Santa Claus the Movie put it at the top of my must-see list in 1985. My family were
I remember seeing the trailer for Three O'Clock High and then seeing the ad in the newspaper. Luckil
In 1987, what is arguably the best Thanksgiving movie ever made, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles hit
In the 1990s, I fell in love with the western genre because an amazing show premiered on FOX, The Ad
Halloween is just around the corner, and I wanted to talk about a made-for-TV movie that I first saw
Back in 2009, I recorded a podcast about It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. It was a childhood f
