The Sega Master System was the quiet, often-overlooked sibling in 8-bit gaming. Here are lesser-known cartridges - region exclusives, oddballs, and brilliant experiments - that reward curiosity with unique mechanics, cheeky storytelling, and design bravado.
Learn how the old-school discipline HyperTerminal taught - serial consoles, baud rates, flow control - sharpens modern troubleshooting. Practical workflows, tools and labs included.
Xanga wasn't just a blogging platform - it was an incubator of intimacy, small-scale civic rituals, and the idea that social software could be both personal and public. This essay examines what Xanga got right (and wrong) and extracts practical lessons for today’s platforms, from attention design to archival stewardship.
The Atari Jaguar failed in the market but not in imagination. This essay explains why its odd hardware and daring library produced games that still surprise-how preservation, emulation and modern tech can restore and reframe the Jag for today’s players.
A practical, no-nonsense comparison of the top Sega Game Gear emulators available in 2023. Performance tests, compatibility notes, platform support and which emulator to pick depending on whether you prize accuracy, convenience, or tinkering fun.
Infoseek was one of the 1990s search pioneers: fast, simple, and briefly dominant. Then Disney bought it, the web turned meaner, and Infoseek vanished. This post unpacks what Infoseek did right, where it went wrong, and what modern search engines should learn from its arc.
A hands-on, platform-by-platform look at the best Game Boy Color emulators updated in 2023. Compare accuracy, features, link support, and performance so you can pick the right emulator for Windows, macOS, Linux, mobile, or the web.
IMDb built the first true home for obsessive movie people - a crowd-sourced, searchable credit roll that rewired how we found, argued about, and catalogued films. But streaming platforms, social media, and shifting attention have nudged IMDb out of the cultural center it once occupied.