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I was a big time comics fan when I was a kid. I followed a somewhat formulaic trajectory wherein I was exposed to the characters from comics before comic books themselves through things like Spiderman and his Amazing Friends and the classic Superman movies. With my interest piqued, I began flipping through the pages of the comic books at the drugstore and the supermarket.

Last week I had a rare opportunity to speak with world-famous astronaut, author, actor, and activist Buzz Aldrin about the recent excitement surrounding Mars, the future of space exploration, and the final days of his “Get Your Ass To Mars” t-shirt campaign. The cleverly titled apparel is a special edition to raise money for the ShareSpace Foundation to promote science literacy and ignite children’s passion for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math).

Patton Oswalt is an addict. He’s not the whisky-swilling, pill-swallowing, or coke-snorting type that would make for a great Lifetime movie. No, his vice can be found in a dark room filled with shady characters, hushed murmurs, sticky floors, and the smell of burned popcorn – the cinema. For most people, movies offer a chance to escape.

It’s been a little while since it was officially released, but with most local arcades having gone the way of the dodo I was thrilled to finally see the new Star Wars: Battle Pod on the floor of my local Dave & Busters. An arcade buff, I was giddy with excitement when the game, released by Bandai Namco, was announced several months ago.

While millions of people were tuned into the 2015 Grammy Awards Sunday evening, I too was sitting in an easy chair watching the annual music awards show. However, my viewing experience was rather unique. Two years ago I surreptitiously stumbled upon a VHS tape in a thrift store with hand-written text scrawled on the plastic dinosaur.

“Half of us are completely dysfunctional, and the other half of us pretend like we’re not and you’re dumb enough to believe it.”. Billy Mitchell. As far as gaming legends go, Billy Mitchell is king. Love him or hate him, it’s impossible to denounce his accomplishments and his role in keeping videogames at the forefront of pop culture.

I’m riding in the passenger seat of a Ford F-350 with the seat warmers on, protected from the rain and cold that continues to bear down on us. It’s December in Northeast Georgia, and we’re experiencing a somewhat unusual cold spell. Trees and farmland whip past us on either side as we speed along the patchy pavement.

ABC’s television comedy The Goldbergs is my generation’s answer to The Wonder Years. Equal parts funny and sweet with just the right amount of ’80s pop culture references for a geek like me, this sophomore comedy has easily become my family’s favorite TV show. The February 25th episode “Barry Goldberg’s Day Off” wasn’t the typical installment for this series, but as far as ’80s-defining pop culture nostalgia goes, this could easily be its best!

For the past few years, pinball has been experiencing a resurgence. Though it is unlikely that the game with the silver ball will permeate the cultural zeitgeist the way it did for much of the 20th Century, the industry and hobby haven’t been this exciting in decades. For thousands of people in this country the game of pinball is still a relevant hobby.

It has been stated that imitation in the sincerest form of flattery. In the early ’80s arcade market, imitation was a gold mine. According to a Time Magazine report from 1982, arcade games earned $2.8 billion in quarters in 1980, followed by $5 billion in 1981, which was almost twice the total of the entire U.S. movie industry for the same period.