Reconnect Recap, w/e 16th Feb - Going down memory lane....
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Kia Ora Team!
Welcome to another week of the Reconnect Recap, the newsletter companion to Reconnect, the games writing discovery platform.
We’ve got heaps to show off today, so without further ado let’s get cracking into it!
If you’re on Bluesky, I’ve made a starter pack so that you can follow all the Reconnect writers in one spot. Not 100% complete yet but I’ll keep adding to it.
The Recap
It was DICE last week and our first article of the piece comes from
who provides us with some direct feedback from the awards about the temperature of those in the industry.In a similar vein,
, gives us the latest market figures on how indie games are faring on Steam, and if you’re considering making a game this year, these stats are vital to you. gives us some great commentary on idle games and shares some that they like. Your next play maybe? provides an insight as to why those interested in politics can’t get enough of the Civilization games, quite timely given the recent release.A guest writer over on
talks about her experience with gaming, after the birth of her child, how she fell out and then back into love with gaming.Now let us start our trip down memory lane…
We have an awesome deep dive by SuperJump Magazine about the history of MMORPG’s in Brazil.
continue’s her multi part series on Queer representation in video games.Games That Weren’t tells us all about unreleased game Lethal Moves for Amstrad CPC, and RetroRGB shows us an intrepid community member who has ported the 1987 arcade game, Karnov, to the Neo Geo.
TimeExtension, delivers as always with a hidden dreamcast menu, and a necessary software update for the Playstation Portable.
Then we have Distant Arcade, answering the age old question of whether you should pursue FPGA or emulation, and finally, we have Read Only Memo explaining how modern GPU features like Ray Tracing are helping with PS2 emulation.
Hope you enjoyed the firehose of articles this week! Keep reading for some extra fun tidbits and i’ll see you next week!a
Something Extra
We cover a lot of unique hand held devices here at Reconnect, lord knows i’ve waffled on about the Playdate and the likes, but who would have thought we’d get a ebook reader gaming console? Well if you love interactive fiction games this new crowd funded device is for you.
Writer Recap
As I’ve gotten older the allure of a AAA game has diminished, instead I’ve got all the excitement in the world for an indie title. The ideas and concepts coming out of small homegrown teams is where I feel the real art is happening in the industry.
is a writer who gets it, their focus on indie news, games you may not have heard of, and deep dives into games not getting wide coverage makes for an extremely interesting read every time and I’m always looking out for their next articles.Go give them a follow and check out some indie darlings!
Latest Article
Survive 'till 25: Now what?
In the span of two years, around 25 - 30,000 people lost their jobs in the games industry.
Last Recap
Reconnect Recap, w/e 9th Feb - Ninten-don't stop coming
Hey team, welcome to yet another week of the Reconnect Recap, the weekly newsletter that rounds up all the best gaming articles to feature on Reconnect, the games writing aggregator that puts over 200 writers work in one spot for you to enjoy.