Insert Coin: It’s Not Just Nostalgia

Insert Coin: It’s Not Just Nostalgia

You're never too old to have fun - or to play video games. Lucas explains why.

Insert Coin: The ‘Game Over’ screen

Insert Coin: The ‘Game Over’ screen

Today on Insert Coin, Lucas looks at the fine art of the Game Over screen, and some of the best examples from computer and console games of the past.

Insert Coin: Better on Dreamcast

Insert Coin: Better on Dreamcast

In today's Insert Coin, Lucas looks at the golden era of the arcade port -- the days when Sega's Dreamcast roamed free.

Insert Coin: Sloppy Emulation

Insert Coin: Sloppy Emulation

In today's Insert Coin, Lucas explores the world of emulation and considers the question of how we'll play old arcade games when the original hardware is no more.

Insert Coin: Arcade Game Flyers

Insert Coin: Arcade Game Flyers

This week on Insert Coin, Lucas explores some of the most iconic arcade game flyers from gaming's long history.

Insert Coin: Groundbreaking Shmups

Insert Coin: Groundbreaking Shmups

Lucas delves into a former mainstay of the games industry -- the humble shmup -- and comes back with two rather unusual games that defied the genre's conventions.

Insert Coin: The Great Virtual Pinball Revival

Insert Coin: The Great Virtual Pinball Revival

This week, Lucas contemplates the fact that we're on the cusp of pinball's great revival -- all thanks to video games.

Insert Coin: How to Build a Game Room

Insert Coin: How to Build a Game Room

In this week's Insert Coin, Lucas explores the concept of the "man cave", and shares how to create a game room that will make you a legend among your friends.

Insert Coin: Quarter Munchers

Insert Coin: Quarter Munchers

In today's Insert Coin, Lucas gives us fair warning to steer well clear of two of the most notorious quarter-munching arcade cabs of all time.

Insert Coin: Tubes vs. LCDs

Insert Coin: Tubes vs. LCDs

In this week's Insert Coin, Lucas pens a love letter to the humble CRT, a dying breed of display technology and the source of the classic arcade "glow."