ThreepwoodMac Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Greetings all. I'm new to the forum, and bringing you a bit of sad news which some of you may have heard already. Steve Morgenstern (Captain Steve), the editor-in-chief of Atari Age Magazine in the 80's, passed away last month from a heart attack at age 50. Steve was my fiancee's father. He continued working in gaming and tech journalism after Atari Age ceased publication, writing for Rolling Stone, Popular Science, Playboy, Cigar Aficionado, AARP and others. A very cool guy indeed. My kind of guy. Fun, witty, geeky, charming, and endlessly, encyclopedically knowledgable about games, movies, TV and music. It's a tragedy that he passed away so young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Ah that sucks and so young to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 He was only 50? That is very sad. My condolences to your fiancee and the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Sorry for you and your wife's family's loss. He did a great job with AtariAge magazine. Loved it when I was 16, waiting for news of new games and the exclusive games through AtariAge magazine. Sounds like he had a great writing career. I have all the Atariage Atari published. They still great to look at. I want to take the covers of my extra copies and frame them. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreepwoodMac Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 I realize I made a typo here. Sorry. Steve was 60, not 50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 loved aa magazine I even got the newspaper version of AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 60 is still far too young. I have very fond memories of reading Atari Age magazine (I still have all of my copies). My most heartfelt condolences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Sincere condolences and RIP Steve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Oberhäuser Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I bought many 2600 and 5200 prototypes from him 13 years ago. RIP and my condolences to his family and friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I realize I made a typo here. Sorry. Steve was 60, not 50. That makes more sense. I wondered how he could be the editor-in-chief of Atari Age Magazine at the age of 18 or 19. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapetino Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Wow, that was sad to hear. I loved that magazine back in the day, and his work seemed to really bring some actual passion to the mag, versus just feeling like it was pure PR. My condolences. That's far too young to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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