Big K magazine was a short lived multiformat video game magazine that was active in the U.K. from April 1984 to March 1985. It was published by IPC Magazines Ltd and was edited by the late Tony Tyler.

One of the projects that I've had on the back burner for a while, was to begin to organize my collection of vintage gaming magazines and post them online so that others could access them. Big K is the first magazine series to go live... Mainly because it's a short series (testing the waters to see if there's interest), but also because it's somewhat obscure and many of you may not have encountered it before.

If there's interest in seeing other vintage gaming periodicals posted then let me know. But for now, let's enjoy some vintage gaming journalism!

UNBOXING again, THANKS MarkVergeer!
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Microsoft Game Room ImageAccording to a Microsoft Press Release and confirmed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft will be releasing something called the "Microsoft Game Room" some time this spring, and, within three years, will see the release of over 1000 classic videogame titles, including arcade, Atari and Mattel Intellivision games, the latter of which was confirmed by Facebook friend Keith Robinson of Blue Sky Rangers fame as one of the available launch systems (other systems TBC). Apparently this area will be avatar-based, where your Xbox avatar will roam an arcade-like setting to find and play games (a bit like Sony's Home on PS3). There's a two-tier price structure, with one being an outright purchase of the game in question, and the other being a low cost, single play option, just like putting a quarter in an arcade machine in the days of old. We'll keep you posted as more news develops, but this is great news for those of us - like the readers of Armchair Arcade - who are passionate about classic gaming. The more love the current three consoles give (and each already has given a lot) to gaming's past, the better it is for all us as gamers, particularly since it looks like this is going to be a long generation with the big three. It's unclear how this will work with the PC as of this writing, but the fact that PC gamers are being invited to the party just makes it all the better, as well as the fact that owning it on one gives you access to it on the other.