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I Gotta Beat Some Games Before I Die!!, undated

 Item — Location: Zines
Identifier: EPHEMERA-ZINES-MISC.4
Scope and Contents

The library's copy of this zine has a personalized dedication from the author to Video Game History Foundation founder Frank Cifaldi on the inside cover.

Dates: Publication: undated

Game Workers Unite zine, est. 2018

 Item — Location: Zines
Identifier: EPHEMERA-GWU.2018
Abstract

This zine was likely printed and distributed around the time of the organization's public debut in 2018.

Dates: Publication: est. 2018

Game Workers Unite, Game Developers Conference 2018 zine, March 2018

 Item — Location: Zines
Identifier: EPHEMERA-GWU.GDC2018
Abstract

This Game Workers Unite zine was designed for the 2018 Game Developers Conference, shortly after the organization's public debut. This issue, featuring Sonic the Hedgehog on the cover, is themed to look like an issue of Nintendo Power magazine, including tongue-in-cheek references to a "free strategy guide inside." (The reference to "Issue 68" on the cover is part of the joke; it does not indicate an actual issue number.)

Dates: Publication: March 2018

Game Workers Unite, Game Developers Conference 2019 zine, Waluigi variant, March 2019

 Item — Location: Zines
Identifier: EPHEMERA-GWU.GDC2019.1
Abstract

This Game Workers Unite zine was designed for the 2019 Game Developers Conference. Four variant covers were produced for this issue:

  • Waluigi holding a rose, a symbol of Democratic Socialism
  • Isabelle from Animal Crossing leading a march
  • A picket line of game industry professionals
  • A computer-generated egg character by artist mushbuh
A revised edition of this zine was produced in 2020 (see "Game Workers Unite zine, March 2020").

Dates: Publication: March 2019

Video Magic newsletter, Issue 111, October/ November 1993

 Item — Location: Zines
Identifier: EPHEMERA-ZINES-VIDMAGIC.111
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection includes three issues of the long-running, self-published newsletter Video Magic by Frank M. Polosky. The newsletter could be described as an early game collecting magazine. It contains sales listings for used video and computer games, reviews for games on older platforms, and advertisements for gaming magazines, newsletters, and services.

Issue 113 implies that these three issues were given away as a free sample.

Dates: Publication: October/ November 1993

Video Magic newsletter, Issue 112, December 1993 / January 1994

 Item — Location: Zines
Identifier: EPHEMERA-ZINES-VIDMAGIC.112
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection includes three issues of the long-running, self-published newsletter Video Magic by Frank M. Polosky. The newsletter could be described as an early game collecting magazine. It contains sales listings for used video and computer games, reviews for games on older platforms, and advertisements for gaming magazines, newsletters, and services.

Issue 113 implies that these three issues were given away as a free sample.

Dates: Publication: December 1993 / January 1994

Video Magic newsletter, Issue 113, February / March 1994

 Item — Location: Zines
Identifier: EPHEMERA-ZINES-VIDMAGIC.113
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection includes three issues of the long-running, self-published newsletter Video Magic by Frank M. Polosky. The newsletter could be described as an early game collecting magazine. It contains sales listings for used video and computer games, reviews for games on older platforms, and advertisements for gaming magazines, newsletters, and services.

Issue 113 implies that these three issues were given away as a free sample.

Dates: Publication: February / March 1994

The Backlog, Issue 1, Rogue Agents, July 2016

 Item — Location: Zines
Identifier: EPHEMERA-ZINES-MAZERATS-BACKLOG.1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Maze Rats is the publishing group name for writer Broson O'Quinn, who writes essays and zines about video games. This collection includes the full run of his zine The Backlog, as well as a single of Maze Rats Asks, produced with friends at the 2017 Kentucky Fried Zine Fest.

Dates: Publication: July 2016

The Backlog, Issue 2, Not Just Hell, August 2016

 Item — Location: Zines
Identifier: EPHEMERA-ZINES-MAZERATS-BACKLOG.2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Maze Rats is the publishing group name for writer Broson O'Quinn, who writes essays and zines about video games. This collection includes the full run of his zine The Backlog, as well as a single of Maze Rats Asks, produced with friends at the 2017 Kentucky Fried Zine Fest.

Dates: Publication: August 2016

The Backlog, Issue 3, In Review, September 2016

 Item — Location: Zines
Identifier: EPHEMERA-ZINES-MAZERATS-BACKLOG.3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Maze Rats is the publishing group name for writer Broson O'Quinn, who writes essays and zines about video games. This collection includes the full run of his zine The Backlog, as well as a single of Maze Rats Asks, produced with friends at the 2017 Kentucky Fried Zine Fest.

Dates: Publication: September 2016