#computer games

[xanaxfarts]

Final Fantasy (1989) Illustration: Yoshitaka Amano

[oldguydoesstuff]

Remembering "Creepy Watson", the meme spawned from the (arguably lazy) game mechanics of the Frogwares Sherlock Holmes games of the early 2000s.

You play first-person as Sherlock and Watson is meant to be at your side as your companion throughout the game, but the programmers lacked the time, energy or most likely budget to animate Watsons walk, so he just kind of teleported near you when you were not looking, in a sometimes unexpected and unsettling way.

The strange game mechanic went viral on YouTube and the Creepy Watson meme was born. Respect though to Frogwares for later not just quietly fixing Watson but giving a nod to the meme by including a short called "The Return of Creepy Watson" in a later release of their new game engine.

[bodyhorror]

I’ve been working on a project for the past few months I am so excited to share! I’ve just launched pre orders for my Nostalgic PC Ita Bag design and Mouse coin purse! The folks in the ita bag reddit suggested I come share the design here 🩵

These are large and roomy bags featuring swappable inserts, deep pockets, and lots of fun details like mouse pointer zipper pulls.

The ita pocket has enough room for small plushies and figures to fit, or has velcro swappable inserts that sit flush with the bag window.

https://caliacraft.storenvy.com

Bags are $100 and the mouse coin purse is $16

I hope you like! I made these with my fellow virtual pet collectors and 90s nostalgics in mind.

Id love to see some PC games, webcore, Serial Experiments Lain, Touhou, Webkinz, Vocaloid bag themes made!!

I hope you enjoy them and I appreciate any shares for support 🩵

[goobersplat]

Moshi Monster Figures By Color

White, Orange, Teal, Blue

[goshyesvintageads]

Viacom International Inc, 1995

[eightiesandninetiesforever]

Level One in HMV, London, England [1993]

A floor dedicated entirely to videogames, located within the iconic flagship store of British music retailer HMV. If anyone can make out any of this game box art, we can maybe narrow down what year this photo was taken, because as per usual, AI is telling me nothing but lies 🤥.

*edit: photo was taken in 1993. Game in the right side foreground in the 'New Release' display is for Rocket Knight Adventures on the Sega Mega Drive, which was released in the UK in September of that year.

Source: Stores of the Year 8 by Martin M. Pegler [1994]

[arconinternet]

FisHatchery (Windows, Jon Reinberg, 1994)

You can play it in your browser here.