Tag: Retro Games

  • The PlayStation Classic is a Cynical Cash Grab

    The PlayStation Classic is a Cynical Cash Grab

    Nostalgia permeates culture at the moment. Corporations extracting money from this sensation is as natural as a buzzard picking the last few bits of meat off the sentimental corpse. Games are no exception to this process. If you feel strongly about something, someone will figure out a way to make money off that. The PlayStation Classic makes…

  • The World’s First LGBTQ Videogame is Now Playable Online

    The World’s First LGBTQ Videogame is Now Playable Online

    Thanks to Andrew Borman – the Digital Games Curator at the NY Museum of Play – you can now play Caper in the Castro, the world’s first LGBTQ game. Caper in the Castro is a 1989 adventure game by artist and designer C.M Ralph. You play as private detective Tracker McDyke, on the trail of kidnapped…