Browsing: 1985

With all the hubbub about rising hardware prices, studio closures, cancelled games, and the implosion of the live-service “games as service” bubble, it’s easy to get pessimistic about the state of gaming in 2026 and beyond. When those dark thoughts enter my mind, I like to think of gaming days gone by, either from my…

American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol created digital works on a Commodore Amiga computer in 1985. The files were saved on Amiga floppy disks and remained in The Andy Warhol Museum’s archives for nearly three decades before researchers recovered them in 2014. In 2021, five of the recovered digital works were offered as unique NFTs…

A year after Hasbro introduced the Transformers toy line in the United States, Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, and the rest of the Autobots and Decepticons moved from toy shelves to television, comic books, and trading cards.