🔄 Reconnect Recap for w/e 4th August '24

Connecting you to even more great games writing

Welcome readers to your weekly issue of the Reconnect Recap, where I share some cool articles on Reconnect that caught my eye.

I’ll also share an additional extra that I think you might like!

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The Recap

• 🎥 VGBees covers a great YouTube essay on How “Good Design” Ruins Games.

• 🌲 MassivelyOverpowered covers a new distant tree generation technology.

• 🎮 SideQuesting covers new indie hit Arranger.

• 📺 Fabien Sanglard breaks down what engineering made the Nintendo Video System

• 🗣️ Read Only Memo explores the fan translation of one of the worst PS1 RPGS ever made.

• 📊 GameDevReports looks into PC/ Console performance in Q2 2024

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Something Extra

From Rami Ismail on Twitter: Activision Blizzard released a 25 white page document that includes an amazing A/B test where they secretly progressively turned off Server based matchmaking and monitored retention and turns out everyone hated it, with more quitting, less playing, & more negative blowouts.

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Interesting Reads

• Game Engines: Part 4 - Unsung heroes in the middle

• Game Engines: Part 3 - Troubles of Commercial Engines

• Game Engines: Part 2 - When in-house engines go wrong

• Game Engines: Part 1 - What are they?

• How they patched bugs in the GameBoy era

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