This week is Vintage Video Games Week at the New Statesman where we'll be getting nostalgic about our fave digital games from our childhoods:https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/games/2019/01/welcome-vintage-video-games-week …
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First up is
@Anoosh_C on Prince of Persia – her most exotic childhood experience:https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/games/2019/01/why-pixelated-land-prince-persia-was-my-most-exotic-childhood-experience …Show this thread
"For every rewarding puzzle there are 3 completely illogical bits of guesswork and pixel-hunting, and far too much not-actually-as-funny-as-it-thinks-it-is dialogue to sit through."
NEXT UP: @edjeff on the rise and fall of point-and-click adventure gameshttps://www.newstatesman.com/culture/games/2019/01/rise-and-fall-point-and-click-adventure-game …
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Today we have one of my fave pieces of this series:
@ameliargh on "just alright" GameCube gameshttps://www.newstatesman.com/culture/games/2019/01/series-unfortunate-events-ode-unmemorable-just-alright-gamecube-games …Show this thread -
Another goodie:
@stephenkb on Final Fantasy, and how rigid rules can actually lead to a better gamehttps://www.newstatesman.com/culture/games/2019/01/why-having-rigid-rules-final-fantasy-made-better-game …Show this thread -
MY ULTIMATE VINTAGE VIDEO GAME FAVE:
@IndraWarnes on how The Sims turned us all into teenage, murderous sadistshttps://www.newstatesman.com/culture/games/2019/01/we-need-talk-about-sims-diary-teenage-psychopath …Show this thread -
Another excellent piece from
@JuliaRampenMM on Theme Hospital and how it got a generation of girls into gaming:https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/games/2019/01/theme-hospital-how-game-inspired-nhs-managers-turned-epidemic-success …Show this thread -
AND LAST ONE FOR TODAY:
@LevelTwoRogue on how arcade game Out Run became his hidden childhood sanctuaryhttps://www.newstatesman.com/culture/games/2019/01/nestled-deep-arcade-out-run-was-my-childhood-sanctuary …Show this thread -
This was a lovely read:
@LouisStaples on gaming while growing up gay https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/games/2019/01/how-female-game-characters-helped-me-when-i-was-growing-gay …Show this thread -
"With the loss of text, we lose an understated emotional impact that just can’t be delivered through voice acting." This was a really smart and surprising read: https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/games/2019/01/bring-back-text-boxes-why-video-games-were-better-they-used-voice-actors …
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The last one for our penultimate day of Vintage Video Games week is our
@RBanerjee23! On why noughties fave Shadow of the Colossus was actually a huge success:https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/games/2019/01/epic-battles-and-beautiful-scenery-why-2005-s-shadow-colossus-was-giant …Show this thread -
today is the LAST DAY of Vintage Video Games Week </3 First up we have
@chris_mandle on gaming in the pre-Google erahttps://www.newstatesman.com/culture/games/2019/01/gaming-pre-google-era-was-often-impossible-so-why-do-i-miss-it-so-much …Show this thread -
our last pieces of the series! First is
@jamesrbuk writing about Aliandor and the relationships we develop with the characters we play:https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/games/2019/01/ali-my-game-avatar-and-i-ve-spent-more-time-him-most-my-real-friends …Show this thread -
AAAAAND our very last one:
@NickyWoolf on Goldeneye and the wonders of the N64 https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/games/2019/01/love-letter-goldeneye-finest-multiplayer-game-ever-made …Show this thread
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