retro games
Adam Conover Talks Waypoint Radio Through the Discovery-Warner Bros. Merger
Friend of the pod Adam Conover returns to regale us with TV industry horror stories and tales of his new obsession of playing retro games on CRT TVs.
Why Is a Game Publisher Trying to Buy Every Video Game Ever Made?
The company that recently bought Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal wants to build an archive in Sweden. We tried to understand why.
Crypto Company Turns Games It Doesn’t Own into NFTs, Quickly Deletes Them
Claiming a game has been "abandoned" doesn't give you the right to start selling it on the blockchain, it turns out.
Don't Piss Off Bradley, the Parts Seller Keeping Atari Machines Alive
The world's greatest hoard of original Atari equipment is guarded by a very temperamental, very devoted dragon named Bradley.
The PS3 and Vita Are Being Buried Alive
It's only a matter of time before Sony kills access to PS3 and Vita games entirely.
The Apple II Edutainment Game 'All About America' Was Cracked Just in Time for the Midterms
Brush up on some mostly-accurate US history with a game that came on floppy disks.
The Genesis Cover for 'Sonic Mania Plus' Celebrates 90s Sega Box Art
The physical re-issue of 'Sonic Mania' has a reversible cover and mini artbook that both tug on the nostalgia strings.
What’s a Game That You Heard About As a Kid, But Didn’t Play Until Later?
Most of my early Resident Evil experiences were… extremely vicarious.
'ActRaiser’ Was More Than an SNES Classic, It Was a Leap of Faith
A one-of-a-kind 16-bit adventure led a push toward meaningful topics in the Nintendo era.
Parsing the Secret History of Adventure Games and Sierra
A new paper takes aim at our assumptions about Sierra On-Line and what the adventure game genre looked like in the 1980s.
I Miss How Weird Games Used to Be
The best part of retro games is how different they are from each other.
'Super Mario Galaxy' Was Brilliant, But Motion Controls Ruined It
The Wii was ostensibly designed to be more accessible to more kinds of players. But motion controls don’t work for everyone.