As the video game industry shifts from physical media to a digital future, game preservation is an increasingly relevant ...

As a new generation of writers and filmmakers come up, having been raised on video games as a medium, there’s a healthier understanding of what makes a good game’s story work. And while ...

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but they can be affected by disc rot, a form of physical deterioration that affects optical discs, causing them to become unreadable over time due to corrosion or damage to the reflective layer.

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The above 2021 video from YouTuber Damn Fool Idealistic Crusader that Ars points to suggests disc rot is affecting a broader ... TV shows, and games we love — something that can happen without ...

Video games are still a young medium in the grand ... than the competition with add-ons to the Genesis, such as the Sega CD, to take advantage of the new CD technology that allowed for more ...

The two corporations were working on an add-on for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) that would allow the use of compact discs (CDs ... tracks due to its larger CD capacity. This greatly ...

But just a decade later, with the advent of home consoles like the Sega CD and Sony PlayStation, the ability to incorporate popular music in video games would leap beyond tonally spotty MIDI ...

Following the issue regarding the LRG D: The Game Collector’s Edition 3DO CD-R discs coming to light, LRG sent out an email and began posting on social media about the pressed discs situation.

Five years ago, the idea of discussing the best video game adaptations ever felt like a largely joyless task. Inevitably, you would have to lower the bar to allow room for movies and shows that ...