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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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 …
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"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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Has anyone mentioned Day of the Tentacle/Sam 'n' Max in relation to this? The weirdest and but most satisfying click and point games ever.
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I was always annoyed that Baldur’s Gate had no Gay Storylines and Males had more relationship storylines than Female characters so I had to be a Male Elf who looked very androgynous
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