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Games Of Our Lives

  • Games of Our Lives Time Pilot

    A century of air combat, arcade-style.

    August 9, 2005 | 11:57am -

  • Games of Our Lives Fishing Derby

    More fun than just sitting?

    August 2, 2005 | 12:49pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Ghosts'N Goblins

    Ghosts N' Goblins, oh my

    July 27, 2005 | 8:50pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Human Cannonball

    As he crams himself into a vintage World War II howitzer, the Human Cannonball puts his life in your hands. If everything goes according to plan,...

    July 20, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Elevator Action

    You are Agent 17, code-named "Otto." (Why you have a code name when you're already identified by a number remains unaddressed.) Your mission is to...

    July 13, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Kram

    In the 1980s, every arcade had Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, or Defender. Most arcade owners knew these games were popular and would...

    July 10, 2005 | 10:55pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Starmaster

    There are two things teenagers like to do when they're alone in a bedroom, illuminated only by the soft glow of a 13-inch television: quietly read...

    July 6, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Kangaroo

    Video games have given us some unlikely heroes: plumbers, clowns, ass-cramming mutants... Hell, they even managed to make a hero out of...

    June 30, 2005 | 1:02pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Gopher

    Though the Atari 2600's limited memory meant it couldn't compete on a level playing field with arcade machines, Atari's corporate overlords still...

    June 15, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Wizard Of Wor

    We all remember 1980 classics like Defender and Missile Command, but one of the year's most groundbreaking games is often...

    June 8, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Turbo

    [Note: Games Of Our Lives will return next week when special correspondent Wil Wheaton returns from The A.V. Club's disabled list. In the...

    June 1, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Stocker

    Following the success of The Cannonball Run and Cannonball Run II, racing (and mustache) enthusiasts everywhere tried to recreate...

    May 25, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Mr. Do!

    Clowns are predictable. They throw pies, cram into tiny cars, perform at children's parties, and shill for fast-food restaurants. In the early...

    May 18, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Super Mouse

    So the thing is, you're a mouse. It's a little weird, but once you commit to it, it doesn't feel all that bad. Try it for a week, and if you don't...

    May 11, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Bagman

    What's the first thing you do when you escape from prison? Change your clothes? Maybe spend a little quality time with a special lady? How about...

    May 4, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Bubbles

    Ever have one of those days where you wake up and discover that you're a bubble? And the world you lived in and loved so much has become a sink...

    April 27, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Ponpoko

    Most of the games we play today are, in some way, based in reality. At home, we fight evil dictators in Ghost Recon 2, or try to get out of...

    April 20, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Tapper

    A steady stream of surly drunks need beer, and they need it now. If they make it to the end of the bar before you've quenched their thirst,...

    April 13, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Phoenix

    Topping the list of the 1980 edition of Fun Facts You Probably Didn't Know is this: Birds hate humans, and all those birds you see hanging...

    April 6, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Jawbreaker

    Once upon a time, there was a kid who spent a night locked in Mister Hidegger's candy factory. When he emerged the following morning, he was so...

    March 30, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Midnight Magic

    Your dominance at the arcade is unequaled. When you walk through the doors, Sinistar's hunger is mysteriously sated, the robots in Berzerk...

    March 23, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives R.C. Pro-Am

    Throughout the 20th century, various fads threatened America: In the 1960s, it was hula-hoop mania. The 1970s brought us Frisbee mania and...

    March 16, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Carnival

    In 1980, the Sega corporation peered into the nation's soul and determined that kids didn't really want to blast aliens, race cars, or chomp power...

    March 9, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Alien

    You promised your wife that you'd clear the Kessel Run in time to pick up her dry cleaning and be home for dinner. While your spaceship zips...

    March 2, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Turbo

    From the first time you sat in a cardboard box and made "Vroom! Vroom!" noises to the first time you put playing cards in the spokes of your bike,...

    February 23, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Cosmic Monsters

    While Circle K and 7-Eleven always had the newest and greatest games each week (if there was an addition to the Pac-Man family, that's where it'd...

    February 16, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Make Trax

    Your uncle the bartender likes to unwind with Tapper. Your brother the boxer blows off some steam with a few rounds of Ring King. It...

    February 9, 2005 | 3:00pm -

  • Games of Our Lives Gunslinger

    In 1978, gas prices surged, Kool-Aid became the official drink of Jonestown, and the untimely death of Keith Moon caused a nation to long for a...

    February 2, 2005 | 3:00pm -