🎮 90s gaming ad fever dream, one swipe at a time.

From handheld wars to mascot-era chaos, this carousel is a time capsule of peak game-mag energy. Which ad would’ve made you beg your parents at Toys R Us?

#BlastFromTheAds #RetroGaming #90sGaming #GameInformer #GamingAds #VideoGameHistory #Nostalgia

Join us for another "fun" (in airquotes) livestream about dating video games!

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Was the game out this month? Next month? Was it out twice? These are the questions @quarterpast and I endeavor to answer. #videogamehistory #livestream

Game Informer Throwback Vol. 2 🎮🕹️

Round 2 from the Game Informer archives.
More full-page classics from the era when game ads felt bigger than life.

Swipe all 9 and pick your winner:
🔥 Which ad had the best vibe?

This is peak magazine-era gaming nostalgia — straight from the stack.

#GameInformer #RetroGaming #GamingNostalgia #VideoGameHistory #OldSchoolGaming #90sGaming #2000sGaming #MagazineAds #RetroAds #ClassicGaming #BlastFromTheAds #GamingCulture #Nostalgia #VintageGaming #CollectorLif

Game Informer Time Capsule 📚🎮

Quick nostalgia dump from the Game Informer vault.
These ad pages are peak late-90s/early-2000s gaming energy — loud fonts, wild promises, and pure mall-era hype.

Swipe through all 9 pages and tell me:
👉 Which one hits your memory the hardest?

If you grew up circling games in magazines before release day, this one’s for you.

#GameInformer #RetroGaming #VideoGameHistory #GamingNostalgia #OldSchoolGaming #90sGaming #2000sGaming #RetroAds #MagazineAds #BlastFromThe

Panzer Dragoon II was released 30 years ago on 22nd March 1996 in Japan for the Saturn.

#1996InVideoGames #90sGames #VideoGameHistory #retrogames #retrogaming #PanzerDragoon #Raw3D #SegaSaturn #Sega

Resident Evil was released 30 years ago on 22nd March 1996 in Japan for the PlayStation.

#1996InVideoGames #VideoGameHistory #90sGames #retrogames #retrogaming #ResidentEvil #SurvivalHorror #PlayStation #videogames

Serious Sam was released 25 years ago on 21st March 2001.

Aaaaahhhhh yourself!

#SeriousSam #VideoGameHistory #retrogames #retrogaming #FPS

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-17-26

I have some pressing work-work to attend to today, but I will not let that stop me from publishing my daily Pook-Emu Bee links last week. If you enjoy the (almost) daily links and commentary, you can also follow via feed. Links from around the web 1. Pakistan air strike kills at least 100 at Kabul drug rehab centre (Yama Bariz and Simon Fraser for BBC. March 17, 2026.) I see that BBC is trying to turn Pakistan into the "Israel" of the Muslim world but I don't think the usual pro-Hamas […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-03-17-26/

[Note] Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-17-26

Links of the day for March 17, 2026, with links on topics including, but not limited to, war in Afghanistan, Brooklyn bakeries, document formats, and Nintendo.

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