Over the past couple of decades, our living rooms have changed an awful lot. A lot of this has come from the transition from old-school CRT TVs to modern-day flatscreens. Simultaneously, screens got a lot wider, even as they got slimmer and lighter overall. This was bad news if you had an old-school entertainment system. …
Ever since the 1980s, the so-called console wars have been raging. In one sense, this has been a battle between companies, to see who could sell the most hardware. From Nintendo vs Atari to Sony vs Microsoft, there’s always been competition. The console wars, of course, have also meant a lot of silly disagreements and …
Few controllers are as universally loved as the original GameCube controller. With multiple joysticks, an unusually responsive D-Pad, and two full rows of shoulder buttons, it provides a huge number of different inputs. More than many controllers, both before and since its release. Which is a small part of the reason why some people still …
Ever since “Night Driver” was released in 1978 by Atari, racing games have been getting more realistic every year. While games slowly improved the graphics and physics used in game engines, the market was truly disrupted when Gran Turismo came out in 1997. The game was critically acclaimed for its lifelike graphics and incredibly realistic …
The PlayStation 5 has been out for over a year now, and some people still can’t find one. Thanks to global supply chain shortages, retailers’ shelves are bare. Millions of people have managed to snipe one online by following major websites. And by mid spring, Sony expects there to be no further shortages. So if …