{"id":123727,"date":"2022-04-08T14:47:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T14:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/?p=28773"},"modified":"2022-04-08T14:47:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T14:47:24","slug":"a-handheld-history-celebrates-the-glorious-gadgets-we-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/04\/08\/a-handheld-history-celebrates-the-glorious-gadgets-we-love\/","title":{"rendered":"A Handheld History celebrates the glorious gadgets we love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro_text\">Just when you thought your shelves were full, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lostincult.co.uk\/ahandheldhistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Handheld History<\/a> has come along to celebrate every portable device from the Game Boy to the Switch. So shift a few old magazines and give this one pride of place. A collaboration between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lostincult.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lost in Cult<\/a> \u2013 the makers of [lock-on] magazine, and the largest retro gaming site in the world, <a href=\"https:\/\/retrododo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Retro Dodo<\/a>, this is a comprehensive look at our favourite little gadgets.<\/p>\n<p>The book features several familiar writers such as The Gadget Show\u2019s Jason Bradbury, GamesBeat\u2019s Jeff Grub, Janet Garcia, Mike Diver, and in full disclosure, myself Nathan Ellingsworth the person writing this article. It\u2019s properly cracking though, ignore my obvious bias and look at the amazing art.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing <strong>A Handheld History<\/strong> is already at \u00a317k of its \u00a321k target to make the project a reality, with the deadline set for May 9, 2022, at 18:00 GMT. So, while we can comfortably say this will be a success, if you want to make sure you can hold this lovely magazine in your hands when it releases, or some of the amazing art prints accompanying it, head to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lostincult.co.uk\/ahandheldhistory#:~:text=A%20Handheld%20History%20is%20inspired,the%20legacy%20of%20portable%20systems.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official crowdfunding page<\/a> now and grab a copy while you can.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the reveal trailer below to get a proper taste of this project, before heading on over to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lostincult.co.uk\/ahandheldhistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ahandheldhistory.com<\/a> to back and secure your copy today.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" data-embed=\"khfakjSXN8U\" data-embed-type=\"standard\"><img alt=\"YouTube Thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/a-handheld-history-celebrates-the-glorious-gadgets-we-love.jpg\">\n<\/div>\n<p>If you\u2019re impatient and want something to play today, why not check out our guide to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/best-switch-rpgs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">best Switch RPG games<\/a> and enjoy owning a handheld right now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you thought your shelves were full, A Handheld History has come along to celebrate every portable device from the Game Boy to the Switch. So shift a few old magazines and give this one pride of place. A collaboration between Lost in Cult \u2013 the makers of [lock-on] magazine, and the largest retro [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile-game-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}