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Weekly Rewind for the Week of September 10th, 2023

by David Montgomery-Blake | Sep 17, 2023 | Weekly Rewind

The game industry is reeling from Unity's news that they will start charging developers a per-install fee for their engine. This disruptive move has been met with universal contempt and confusion. Below is the September YouTube playlist.Weekly FindsI pull a lot of the...

Unity to Charge Developers a Install Fee For Games starting 1/1/2024

by David Montgomery-Blake | Sep 12, 2023 | Game Development

UPDATE: They have largely walked back a number of the outrageous claims but there are still a ton of questions, especially on who is responsible for things like XBox Game Pass. Will it be Microsoft and Sony? Will it be the developers? The links below are still valid...

Films from the Aughts that Terrified and Disgusted Audiences

by David Montgomery-Blake | Sep 10, 2023 | Movies

I have long been a fan of horror films, and before I learned that I was color blind and did not have the patience or talent for makeup, I wanted to be a special effects artist. Movies like F/X and magazines like Fangoria really nailed my desire home. And while I will...

Weekly Rewind for the Week of September 3rd, 2023

by David Montgomery-Blake | Sep 10, 2023 | Weekly Rewind

Pretty slow week around here, unfortunately. Just some backend work done on Google Analytics. Below is the YouTube playlist for September.Weekly FindsI pull a lot of the items about gaming and movie news here from a number of sources: The Atari Age forums, Retro Indie...

Are You Nostalgic for Things You Never Experienced?

by David Montgomery-Blake | Sep 10, 2023 | Articles

I was recently reading through a post on a 70s and 80s group on Facebook about McDonalds birthday parties. People were gushing about how amazing they used to be. About how the servers were smiling and they had such amazing cakes. Some of the franchises had the various...