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Personal but fact: A PlayStation top 5 in art direction

On: February 18, 2024

In: Retro gaming best and worst lists, Retro gaming features

Art is so important in video games. See if you agree with this PlayStation top 5 of art direction examples… Style stands out. Sometimes embarrassingly so. See your teenage years. But get it right and you have aesthetic, design and sophistication. See no album cover, ever. Video games have itRead More →

Chips with Everything: Open Sourcing PlayStation in the ‘90s

By: John Bowe

On: March 7, 2023

In: Retro Consoles, Retro gaming features, Retro gear

In the last breaths of the 90s, a liminal space appeared, through which an illicit opportunity presented itself. At least for me, back when I was renting PlayStation games and getting my brother to burn them for me on his state-of-the-moment home computer. They called them PCs, or “Personal Computers.”Read More →