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50 Attempts at Speech in Early Games
Using digitized voices 20 years ago was a big deal. Once the CD-ROM was introduced to world we saw voice overs more commonly used to enhance an experience beyond wowing the player. Quality increased over time and the technology used for producing the voices improved as well. Early recorded voices were often garbled and hard…
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Backwards Compatibility in the Next Console Generation
When I had found out that the PlayStation 2 would be able to play its predecessors games, I was instantly sold on the product. Keeping my old controllers, memory cards and games and using them on the new system was a big deal. It was a genius concept and a great way to keep a…
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Impressions: Black Mesa (PC Mod)
If you’ve been following the Black Mesa PC mod development (a recreation of the original Half-Life using current Source Engine technology) then you might know that version 1.0 was finally released. It’s been a while since I’ve dug my toes into into HL1 but, refreshing my memories with this lets me take in the experience…
Nostalgia Gamer
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