• Computers and Society

Digital Anthropology

Posted April 10, 2018 by willwilliams68k

Nostalgia plays a sizable component in the hobby of vintage computing and video games.  Interactions with games and computers by means of playing, hearing or even discussing them, can manifest emotio... Read More

• Amiga

The Amiga Consciousness

Posted March 14, 2018 by willwilliams68k

There exists a global community, a loosely knit consciousness of individuals that crosses boundaries of language and artistic disciplines.  It resides in both the online and physical space, its follo... Read More

• Amiga
• Industry History

Interview With the Creator of Distant Suns – Mike Smithwick

Posted August 9, 2017 by willwilliams68k

The process of researching the last article: “Stepping Into Other Worlds”, the history and products of Virtual Reality Laboratories, Inc. – produced more questions than it answered. One part... Read More

• Amiga
• Industry History
• Virtual Reality

Stepping Into Other Worlds

Posted August 1, 2017 by willwilliams68k

Virtual Reality and off world accessibility pioneers of the 1990’s In 1962 imaginations were sparked, the first experience that could only be produced in a “virtual” environment was created. Tha... Read More

• Atari
• Commodore
• Genesis

California Games – C64 vs Atari 2600 vs Sega Genesis

Posted March 5, 2017 by willwilliams68k

The mission: to review the same game on three different systems. The rules: I have to own an original copy to play on the original hardware. No fair! I hear retro gamers cry, an Atari 2600 (VCS) again... Read More

• Amiga

Upgrading an A500 – ACA500+, Indivision ECS and Kickstart 3.1

Posted February 24, 2017 by willwilliams68k

For the last 12+ months, the A2000 has been cornering all the attention with a series of upgrades. With the release of ACA500 plus, it’s the A500’s turn. There’s a number of new accelerator boar... Read More

• Commodore

A Very Merry Commodore Christmas

Posted December 11, 2016 by willwilliams68k

Like most families, my own spent the holiday season visiting relatives we seldom saw during the rest of the year. One particular cousin was the target of a special kind of envy. While I had friends wi... Read More