In the past, I’ve always used a gaming headset that came with a pre-installed microphone. Your Turtle Beaches, HyperXs, and such. Then, the microphone on my headset broke the week my warranty ended and I was in a tough purchasing decision. The headphones worked just fine, but being able to chat was pretty important. Luckily, Antlion …

This is part four in a series about building your own arcade cabinet. Here’s parts one, two, and three. I’m afraid I’m going to cheat a bit when talking about controls. When I chose my controls, I based most of my decisions on this article from Tested.com. Really there’s not much I can do to …

This is part three in a series about designing your own arcade cabinet. Click to read part one and part two. Ok, now we have the design we’re going to be shamelessly ripping off for this cabinet. As I said before, I’m super inexperienced so I’ve decided that I want to have all the parts …

This is part two in a series about building a custom arcade cabinet. Read part one here. I am not an expert carpenter. I’m not even an amateur. I’m not an engineer or an artist and I don’t know how to use AutoCAD. When it comes to building a custom arcade cabinet, designing one myself …

I’ve often said that for someone who loves video games, I was born at just the right time. Being born in 1985, I missed the video game crash of 1983 by two years. By the time I was old enough to understand what a video game was, the Nintendo Entertainment System was in full swing …