Right, so picture this: I'm sat in the dentist's waiting room in 2005, and there's this kid next to me absolutely absorbed in what looks like a Game Boy that someone's fed too many vitamins. Turns out it's the new Nintendo DSi, and this little tyke is playing…

There's this peculiar satisfaction that comes with tracing circuits, you know? Like being an electronic detective with a multimeter instead of a magnifying glass. Last weekend, I found myself bent over my workbench—that's the kitchen table, if I'm being honest—with an N64 power supply that had decided to…

# Ori and the Blind Forest John got handed this one after telling Tim, in no uncertain terms, that a game running on a modern engine with fully mapped controller support and instant load times still owes everything to design principles that were being worked out on 7.14…

Looking back at those chunky CRT monitors and wondering exactly what we were staring at for hours on end? The numbers might surprise you—or maybe they'll make you feel ancient. Either way, let's talk pixels.I was cleaning out my old tech drawer last weekend (you know, the one…