A journey from heavy wooden stands with brass fittings to featherlight carbon-fiber tripods and motorized gimbals - how design, materials, and needs reshaped the humble three-legged support.

How a modest 1980s home computer - the Atari 800 - seeded ideas, tools, and habits that still shape game design today. From custom chips to multiplayer economics, the 8‑bit ethos echoes in modern indie hits.

A tour of the modern Sega Saturn emulation scene: why the Saturn is hard to emulate, who the major players are (Yabause, Yaba Sanshiro, SSF, MAME), practical trade-offs, and whether emulators actually recreate that dusty-console magic.

A nostalgic and humorous look at the stubbornly persistent fax machine: its history, why it survived the digital onslaught, and a collection of odd, touching, and absurd anecdotes from offices where paper still ruled the day.

How the Commodore 64’s hardware limits, sound and graphics aesthetics, and community culture are feeding modern indie design-spawning new tools, mechanics, and a creative renaissance in game development.

The Sinclair QL was an ambitious 1984 microcomputer that shipped advanced features - a 68008 CPU, ROM-based SuperBASIC, and a multitasking OS - at a time when most home machines were single-tasking. This article revisits the QL’s architecture and software, explores how its ideas anticipated later developments in multitasking operating systems and programming environments, and traces the lines of influence to contemporary computing.

How the Amiga 1200’s unique hardware, aesthetic constraints and vibrant community sparked a renaissance among indie developers - from soundtracks and pixel art to modern homebrew releases and cross-platform toolchains.

A deep retrospective on the Philips CD-i: how an ambitious multimedia console became a cautionary tale, and how emulators are now the most realistic path to preserving and re-experiencing its controversial library.