The Only Joystick Guide You Need
Ball top or bat top, square gate or octagonal, and why the answer changes the moment you play a fighting game.
I Brought A 1983 Cabinet Back From The Dead
It arrived with a cracked bezel, a monitor that hummed like a fridge and a coin door held shut with tape. Six weekends later it takes quarters again. Here is everything that went wrong, in order.
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Tiny canvas, big rules. Where the eyes go, why the legs matter, and the one mistake that turns your alien into a crab.
Chasing A Record Set Before I Was Born
Forty-one attempts, one notebook full of patterns and a last life that lasted eleven minutes.
Chiptune Is Three Notes And Confidence
A beginner's tour of square waves, why the bass carries the tune and five loops that live in my head rent free.