Typing in Dreams: How a generation learned to code by accident

For years, software was distributed on cartridges, cassette tapes, or diskettes. While programs were available via modem from BBSes, downloading in general wasn’t as ubiquitous as it is today. As 8-bit microcomputers gained popularity, one of their big selling points, the built-in BASIC interpreter, eventually led to another avenue of software distribution: the type-in program…

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Atlus Opens Persona 30th Anniversary Website

The next update arrives next week. In case you missed it, Atlus is celebrating Persona‘s 30th anniversary this year, and to get the party underway, it’s now opened a special website. The Persona 30th Anniversary Portal includes an original illustration from character designer Sigenori Soejima, showing off the faces of the franchise. Apart from this,…

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Fallout: New Vegas lead writer ‘loved writing’ Yes Man, but thinks his questline may have been a mistake: ‘It lets you get through the game without getting your hands dirty’

There are no squeaky-clean factions in Fallout: New Vegas. Caesar’s Legion is outright authoritarian and psychopathic, Mr. House‘s ruthlessness and egomania make him hard to trust, and while the New California Republic is comparatively easier to live with, it’s far from heroic. As lead writer John Gonzales told PC Gamer in an interview with associate…

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My favorite Fallout fan artist paints New Vegas how you imagine it, and he refuses to touch AI tools: ‘I believe it’s innate in humanity to appreciate real human-made art’

Artist Deimos’ Fallout: New Vegas-inspired work is so good, it’s been highlighted by the game’s director, Josh Sawyer, as well as actor Danny Trejo, who voiced ghoul vaquero Raul Alfonso Tejada and seems to have taken a special shine to how Deimos portrayed the gunslinger’s early exploits in Mexico. I’m not a huge fan art…

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Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Jeff Lee

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Jeff Lee, who is displayed on card number 2119, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection.   Jeff is also featured on trading card 2374.  Jeff is an extraordinary talented artist in the video game community, most known of course, as designing the character Q*bert.  Other arcade games on which he has displayed…

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