A View of Old Akihabara
Akihabara ain’t what it used to be, but what is? Here are some then and now photos.
PC Engine Magazine Retrospective
The rise and fall of the PC Engine, viewed through a 43GB archive of magazine scans.
Tales from the Arcade
I’m on holiday in Japan, where the retro game scene has imploded upon itself, and so my thoughts turn with a distinctly rose-tinted nostalgia to my own gaming history. Things were, as you young whippersnappers must know by now, so much better when I was your age.
Australia, lol
Australia bickers over the internet. 25 megabits, or 100 megabits? Meanwhile Japan is rolling out 2 gigabit – 20x faster than Australia’s biggest dream.




