I’ve written before about the noise a good arcade made. Thirty attract loops shouting over each other at a room that mostly wasn’t listening, every one of them designed to be audible from the chip shop doorway. None of that was decoration. Everything in there…
If you grew up with 8-bit or 16-bit games, you’re already pretty good at managing risk. You might not have realized it while trying to stomp a Goomba or perfectly drop a Tetris block. But those classic games were actually great teachers for understanding probability,…
For many of us, the chiptune melodies and pixelated heroes of the 8-bit and 16-bit eras aren’t just memories; they’re a core part of our childhood. Playing these games on original hardware is a joy, but more and more fans are also discovering the thrill…