The Sinclair QL promised to leapfrog business microcomputing in 1984 - but rushed launch, flaky microdrives, and buggy ROMs made it a cautionary tale. The QL changed what consumers demanded from personal computers: stability, real storage, and a working OS out of the box.
Why are a growing number of twenty- and thirty-somethings carrying battered rangefinders and waxing poetic about grain? This piece traces the nostalgia economy, the aesthetic politics of slowness, and the measurable comeback of 35mm film - using search-trend data, social media hashtag metrics, and industry reporting to show that analog photography is less a fad and more a social signal.
A speculative redesign that reimagines the 1984 Macintosh for 2023-keeping its soul but giving it modern hardware, sustainable materials, and a refreshed UI that honors the original "Hello."
Portable CD players - the Discman and its clones - were more than shiny accessories. They rewired how geeks consumed sound, how game makers designed experiences, and how portable media evolved into today's playlist-driven world.
The Sega Dreamcast didn't just die early; it seeded a set of practical and aesthetic habits that indie developers still mine today - from playful technical constraints to an appetite for risky experiments. This piece traces the Dreamcast's features and policies that nudged (and occasionally shoved) developers toward the indie-friendly practices we now take for granted.
The SNES era trained designers to do more with less. From tonal EarthBound echoes in Undertale to Chrono Trigger–style JRPGs like Sea of Stars, modern indies pick up the SNES playbook-its palettes, pacing, and mechanics-and remix them into new experiences. This article traces how those classics survive, evolve, and teach today's creators.
A deep, candid look at which Game Boy classics still sing in 2026 and which feel like relics best admired behind glass. Practical advice for new players, a short starter list, and reasons to hunt down - or skip - each title.
PlayStation emulators live in a legal gray zone: the emulator code can be lawful, but BIOS and ROM distribution usually isn’t. This essay explains the law, history, developer rights, and where preservation fits in.