Thanks to my friend Malan for alerting me to this article.  I remember every one of these gadgets and have owned most of them at one point or another.  While some of the article is factually inaccurate, the author has done a great job in collecting the...

Digital Rights Management, or DRM, historically, has not delivered the assurance for preventing piracy that software publishers wish it were, nor has it been easy for consumers to deal with. There are many arguments on both sides of the fence as to why...

One of the best sites for purchasing older games, GOG.com, seems to be shutting down.  There is a lot of speculation on the web right now as to what is actually happening, but it would be a shame to see this service disappear.  Being able to purchase...

This is a re-post of mine from the javagaming.org website. Well, well, well.... As I was cleaning out some old disks, I stumbled upon an old CD with some ancient code bits on them. And guess what was inside? So, I present to you, the "Holy...

Good friend of PastPixels.com, Hal Halpin, President of the Entertainment Consumer Association, sat down with G4TV's Adam Sessler, to discuss a number of issues and specifically the upcoming Supreme Court case in November.  The case coming before the...

Earlier this week, I had the good fortune to speak to a legend in the video game industry: Warren Robinett.  When you see his name you might recall that Warren was the co-founders of The Learning Company, who produced the Reader Rabbit and the Carmen...

I have to say, I love the Kevin Butler ads that Sony put together. Running for over a year now, it has been a campaign that completely reconnected the brand with their core audience while also reaching out to new ones. It is assertive without ever...