Vanessa (Vanessaira)

The Throttle Blaster from Scrap Computing

The YouTube Channel Scrap Computing has recently released details and part 2 video on their new project, the “Throttle Blaster”.  The Throttle Blaster is a hardware solution using a Raspberry Pi Pico to functionally act as what a “Turbo Button” did for older IBM Compatible machines from the mid 80s to mid 90s DOS Era.  […]

Vanessa (Vanessaira)

The History of the Nintendo 64 by HistoricNerd

YouTuber HistoricNerd (Ian) has just released his much anticipated video chronicling the development and launch history of the Nintendo 64.  Ian’s newest video is a great showcase of his 3D video rendering skills along with the classic HistoricNerd we all know and love.  His video leaned heavily on the sourced articles and video clips references […]

Vanessa (Vanessaira)

The Story of Shantae and Modern Vintage Gamer

Beloved retro gaming community icon Modern Vintage Gamer (MVG) had made it recently known that he had worked on the re-release of Shantae for the Nintendo Switch.  For MVG’s weekly video, he decided to dedicate it to how he made and ported the game which was originally released for the Nintendo Game Boy Color (GBC). […]

Alex Mitchell

MLiG releases Pt2 of their ode to first-party controllers

My Life in Gaming creators Coury Carlson and Marc Duddleson have released a new video that discusses first-party controller designs from the fifth and sixth generation of home consoles (1993-2006). My Life in Gaming is a YouTube channel known for producing high-quality content that explores topics ranging from maximizing the fidelity of your retro gaming experience, to […]

Vanessa (Vanessaira)

MVG Ports Heart of Darkness to the XBOX

Modern Vintage Gamer recently added a new video to his YouTube channel showcasing an incredibly special insight into coding and porting game source material.  In his video he breaks down his process of taking the open source code for the game Heart of Darkness and using that code to port its source to the original […]

Vanessa (Vanessaira)

History of Analog Luma in Video Signals

YouTuber “Displaced Gamers” just released another educational video in his series covering analog signals, resolutions, aspect ratios, and more.  This video covered “Luma” and the history of brightness and its uses in television and video signals.  As well as its applications to video signal and how the human eye perceives it.  Special care and attention […]

SmokeMonster

Believe Music UK Scamming Nintendo Music IP on YouTube

Recently, Nintendo pleased YouTubers by changing their policy of monetizing videos that use their music. So now you can stream games like Super Mario Land again! Right? Wrong. Scammers are using the YouTube Content ID system to take control of your favorite content creators’ gaming videos. Believe Music UK has a long-time scam running where […]