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It does put into perspective how phones fucked it all up. That Nintendo 2k1 is looking really good, with high information density without being overwhelming, and an overall nice design to just look at.
Video game sites back then were cool, yes. Now do video game fan sites. These have in so many ways been replaced over the years by generic ad-ridden wikis but back in the day games often had crazy interesting fan sites for specific video games. So many unique designs and layouts were done for those niche communities and so many of those designers and developers went on to do really cool things in the future. What an…
This is the fault of Wikia (now "Fandom") which jam-packs every wiki full of ads and auto-playing videos they'll helpfully reopen for you if you accidentally close them.
Needs moar Happy Puppy https://web.archive.org/web/20000827164040/http://www.happyp... https://web.archive.org/web/19961023005340/http://www.happyp...
PlanetQuake and PlanetHalflife were my gateway drug into level design and modding back in the early 00s. Good time.
I'm gutted PlanetHalfLife isn't listed/shown here, I used to visit that site religiously around then.
Video game sites back then were cool, yes. Now do video game fan sites. These have in so many ways been replaced over the years by generic ad-ridden wikis but back in the day games often had crazy interesting fan sites for specific video games. So many unique designs and layouts were done for those niche communities and so many of those designers and developers went on to do really cool things in the future. What an…
Here's one from my old AOL days. We originally just used email, AOL message boards, and a scheduled weekly chatroom, but once the Web took over it merged into Starmen.net [2] Since we're on a "reminsence about legacy Internet" trend right now, here's the opening to [1]: "What most people forget to remember is that it’s not just about the game. It’s about the people, it’s about the newsletters, it’s about the discussi…
I don't need things that bring me joy to be ruined by the most obsessive weirdos in the world.
I think should make a comeback [1]. Then we could go back to having sick looking art pages [1] https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_map.asp
Of course we have modern solutions [0] nowadays but that sure seemed cool 20 years ago!
0: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonito...
I don’t know if it’s pure nostalgia talking here, but games sites back then were made to look fun like they were part of the game. Verses now when they’re a dull and corporate.