Category Archives: Games and Oldskool Fun

I have been a computer enthusiast for a long time now. And it shows. Programs on tapes fascinate me in strange ways. The games I play are 5 or more years old or at the very least they have something particular going for them. And my computers don’t necessarily have to be running Windows.

Space dreams

One thing to note about Wing Commander IV (see previous post) is its use of live-action full motion video. For a short while, it was popular to use real actors (usually not the good kind) to produce the cut-scenes in video-games. Developers dreamed of creating “interactive movies”. They wanted to be the directors of the [...]

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