A step-by-step guide to building new games for the TI-99/4A - understand the hardware, pick tools, design within strict limits, and ship a tiny, glorious cartridge of nostalgia.
A nostalgic, ear-first tour of the distinctive mechanical and electrical sounds that defined external hard drives and their enclosures in the 1980s an… more
A walk down the email lane: from Hotmail’s clean, no-frills inbox to Gmail’s search-first, feature-rich ecosystem. What… more
In a world where a trailer can explode across Twitter in minutes and Reddit threads can turn into full-blown campaigns,… more
Emulation sits at the crossroads of preservation, legality, and fandom. This article examines the legal realities and mo… more
Before feeds and profiles, there were ICQ pages - glittering, jagged, and earnest little self-portraits posted by modem-lit teenagers and earnest amateurs. This piece digs into wha… more
retrotech Late-night auctions, dusty cartridges, and suddenly your childhood becomes an investment vehicle. Th… more
retrogaming A countdown of the Sega Master System titles that divided players - from ugly ports and baffling loc… more
retrogaming The Sega Saturn’s strange failure at retail left behind one of the richest, weirdest back catalogs o… more
