I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

If you grew up playing old school arcade games and enjoy collecting fun and interesting items, then the products of New Wave ...

Chinese device maker Powkiddy has launched a new retro console that looks like a classic arcade cabinet, if you shrunk it down, slapped a 9 inch display on the front, and put a 4,000 mAh battery ...

When I was a kid (back in the stone age, aka the early 80s), I dreamed of someday owning my own coin-op arcade games. Or maybe just living in an arcade; that would've been fine, too. Never did I ...

One of the holy grails of retro game consoles is coming back in miniature form. The Vectrex Mini will be a smaller-sized, OLED version of the original, and introduce the vector-based monochrome games ...

Sibling spats are part of growing up with a brother or sister, but when my brother and I were young, one of the main standoffs was over who got to play on the gameboy next. As the youngest, I would ...

About the Expert: Alex McCumbers has been exploring a wide variety of games for most of his life, always keeping legacy consoles in mind rather than moving forward as new game consoles are released.

Designed by Port-Washington-based developer Clyde Shaffer, the "Gametank" is pitched as an "entirely new breed of hardware ...

With a limited supply of 3,500 units, Sega’s Astro City Mini arcade console was nearly impossible to buy in the U.S. I got lucky, but the games library is a letdown and there are no hacks (yet). Like ...