Just a bit of AI fun with the Workshop Haggis
On a rainy Wednesday afternoon, it seems only fitting to have a little play with AI, seeing as it is all the…
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Notes from the bench — teardowns, gaming history, repair write-ups and whatever else comes through the Borders workshop.
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The Konami Code: Cinematic Logic and the Fourth Wall
1. THE RHYTHM OF THE INTERFACE: UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN If there is one sequence of characters that defines the shared memory…
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The Capcom Combatants: Arcade Mastery and the Logic of Survival
1. THE COIN-OP PULSE: AN ARCHITECTURE OF COMPETITION If you were to step into a dimly lit, neon-soaked arcade in London or…
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The Square-Enix Grimoire: Polygons, Pixels, and the Final Gamble
1. THE ARCHITECTURE OF IMAGINATION: BEYOND THE SPRITE If you were to peek through the windows of a small, struggling office in…
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The Sonic Team Speedrun: Architecture, Attitude, and the Blue Blur
1. THE VELOCITY OF LOGIC: A NEW KIND OF HERO If you were to step inside the SEGA headquarters in Haneda, Tokyo,…
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The Rareware Renaissance: The Farmhouse That Conquered the World
1. THE VIEW FROM TWYCROSS: A PRESERVATION OF GENIUS In the quiet, rolling green hills of Leicestershire, England, there is a village…
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The Microsoft Intervention: The Story of the PC in a Box
1. THE SILICON STANDOFF: A THREAT TO THE WINDOWS EMPIRE By the late 1990s, the “Silicon Big Bang” had reached a stable,…
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The CD-ROM Revolution: Sony’s Cold Revenge and the Birth of a Giant
1. THE AUDIOPHILE’S AMBITION: BEYOND THE CASSETTE In the early 1990s, if you were to walk through the sleek, glass-fronted headquarters of…
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Blast Processing & The Blue Blur: The Story of the Sega Rebellion
1. THE ARCADE HEARTBEAT: AN ATTITUDE IN SILICON If Nintendo is the Disney of the gaming world—wholesome, traditional, and protective—then Sega was…
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The Hanafuda Gambit: The Century-Long Journey of the Kyoto Giant
1. THE KYOTO CONUNDRUM: AN UNLIKELY DYNASTY If you were to walk down a quiet, narrow street in Kyoto, Japan, in the…