How well do you know your food?

Everybody loves a good snack while relaxing and taking your time with a nice game. As you take a bite of the food you have right now, do you ever wonder how well you know the food you eat every day? Interested? Then find out the level of your culinary knowledge in a fun way by checking out this quick food trivia quiz!

Speaking of food, our upcoming podcast is definitely a… lil’ snack for the mind, but for now, we highly recommend that you sate your hunger for puzzles with a few rounds of Sudoku!

Five game insights we think will pique your interest!

Want more games that are about eating? Then Pac-Man is definitely something you should check out. Sure, this classic game is very simplistic compared to modern games, but there’s just something therapeutic about steering a half-circle guy around a map to eat dots and ghosts. Is the old map too big for you? Don’t worry, there’s a single dimension version that can help you scratch that Pac-Man itch.

Speaking of retro games like Pac-Man, there were a lot of very well-known games that were released alongside it for the Nintendo Entertainment System or NES. Super Mario Brothers and Pac-Man are shoo-ins of course, but did you ever beat Gyromite? You know, that one where you guide an old man through obstacles? Well, surprising as it is to hear, a dog named Peanut Butter managed to beat it. Yes, a dog beat an NES game.

Gaming has come such a long way that we sometimes forget the pioneers and visionaries who paved the way for the games we’ve played and loved. Fortunately, a large number of people today experienced the golden age of gaming, and the retro gaming studios of that period also had some wonderful insight and advice for the next generation of game developers.

If we’re speaking about retro times, then there’s one toy that most people from the 80s and 90s surely know about—Etch A Sketch! This is definitely one of the best nostalgia triggers you can give to someone from an older generation, and even now, this nifty drawing toy still is useful and fun to fiddle with regardless of your age.

Regardless of what generation you’re from, there’s one thing that has remained true up to this day; every gamer enjoys playing with other gamers to some degree. Competitive and multiplayer games are now a dime a dozen and easily accessible. But back in the golden age of gaming, the multiplayer experience was of a different kind.

Arcades were one of the most energy-packed places you could find anywhere. Why wouldn’t it be? It had the food, the sounds, the space, the local groups and all the games every gamer needed back then! While the era of arcades is now long gone, they have made their mark on history, and we aren’t alone in feeling that nostalgia, as Eugene Jarvis, American game designer and programmer, also felt the need to say:

“To me, the arcade experience is the ultimate gaming experience.”

That’s it for this week’s newsletter! If you still want something to fill your headspace with fun, game-related content, then our podcasts and interviews are what you need!

And if you want to learn more about what we’re up to at Hey, Good Game, you can find out more right here. 

Remember that time you’d meet with your pals with your pockets full of coins to play at the arcade? Yeah, and you’d all go home happily together sharing one thought:

Hey, Good Game!