Every geek goes through a phase where they discover emulation. It’s practically a rite of passage. I think I spent most of my childhood – and a large part of my life as a young adult – desperately wishing I was in a video game arcade. When I finally obtained my
VC&G | » My memories of what life was like before the Internet
Adventures in vintage computers and retrogaming. Includes articles on classic games and obsolete computers.
Atari co-founder: mobile games make me want to throw my phone
Video games pioneer Nolan Bushnell is planning to revive the ‘hardcore fundamental game design’ of arcades to make mobile titles worth playing
What I've Learnt After Making My First Hobby Game
A lot of people (myself included) get into software development because of computer games — as a kid, I was amazed at computer games and always curious about how it was made. However, after finally getting into the industry, most people (myself included) end up not doing game development.
The Gentrification of Video Game History
We’re not all suburban kids who got a Nintendo 64 for Christmas
virtual machine
A virtual machine is an implementation of a computer on top of another. An emulator is specifically a virtual machine that simulates a different type of computer that also exists as real hardware. If the "emulated" computer is similar to the one that runs the emulator, the commonly used term is virtualization. Virtual machines that have no real-hardware counterpart (such as the Java Virtual Machine) are usually just called VMs, but their machine languages are usually referred to as bytecode rather than machine code.
Retro Games Fan? Atari's $180 Gamestation Go Is Up for Preorder
The company says the console will include 200 games and lots of ways to control them.
The Rise and Fall of the Lone Game Developer – Holy Ghost Stories
In the early 80s, all it took to make a game was a computer, some graph paper, and a lot of determination.
Video Games Are Boring
Video games are bigger than movies. Everyone's a gamer. I've devoted my life-no exaggeration-to video games for 14 year…
triumph of the nerds
The Existential Terror of Battle Royale
It’s been a while since I wrote a blog post, I guess in general, but also a blog post about video games. Video games are probably the single thing most attributable to my career as a programmer, and everything else I’ve done professionally after that. I still feel
Purple Computer: a calm computer you can feel good about
Transform your old laptop into an offline space for open-ended play. Designed for ages 3-10: learning letters to writing code. They explore, create, and put it down on their own.
Pokemon ROM Hacks - Rombats
Download Pokemon ROM hacks here now! We update and prepatch all games, so just download and load into your emulator, and start gaming!
Opinion | Video Games Are Destroying the People Who Make Them (Published 2017)
The industry’s infamous “crunch” culture is taking a serious toll on workers.
Our interfaces have lost their senses
We programmed them by punching cards, plugging in wires, and flipping switches. Programmers walked among banks of switches and cables, physically choreographing their logic. Being on a computer used to be a full-body experience.