Veteran journalist Steve Morgenstern, who served as founding editor for Atari Age in 1982 and continued to write on a variety of subjects including games in the 30 years that followed, has passed away. Atari Age ran between 1982 and 1984 as an exclusive members-only magazine for the Atari Club. Publication ceased when Atari was sold off in 1984 to Commodore 64 manufacturer Jack Tramiel. Despite a short tenure, the publication is notable as being among the first magazines specific to games. Morgenstern subsequently worked as a contributor for countless publications including Men's Journal, Rolling Stone and Popular Science, where he reviewed games for multiple platforms and interviewed Steven Spielberg during one of the director's earlier ventures into the games market. Of his passing, former Nintendo marketing VP and personal acquaintance Perrin Kaplan wrote the following in a public entry on Facebook:

We at Gamasutra extend our condolences to Mr. Morgenstern's friends, family and colleagues.