Reconnect Recap - w/e 29th March
Reviewing the week that's been over on Reconnect
G’day team!
What a crazy week, huh? This industry sure does know how to set fire to itself for both entertainment and misery.
Well, it’s not my job to dwell on the bad stuff, in fact my role is the opposite, time to lighten up your day with some interesting gaming content.
As always, this is the Reconnect Recap, the companion newsletter to Reconnect, the games writing discovery platform. A website with over 40,000 articles written by videos game enthusiasts.
This week, we’re covering game consoles that whisper at you, sailing the seas In your browser, Nintendo games, and much much more.
Let’s dig in.
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Great Write Ups
Make it Ten: Big Nerd Gaming muses, what if the Game Awards had the same amount of Nominee’s as the Oscars and what that might have looked like for years prior.
Bangers and Mash: Whilst the UK isn’t probably who you immediately think of when imagining games being made, they have had a long history of making some of the biggest games in the industry, Scanlines has their top ten best games to come out of the UK and I’m very happy to see Elite on the list.
Whispering sweet nothings: The PS1 boot up sounds is iconic, but 94 'til Infinity explains that the sound was going to be something a lot more creepy….
Try before you buy: Games aren’t getting cheaper, and so we all would love to have the ability to try a demo before sacrificing our first born child to play a game, Miguel Reis makes the argument for why all Switch 2 games, specifically, should have demos.
PFlower?: Thrilling Tales of Old Video games, investigates why early Mario Flower spell had a P in it and what other old iconography causes the head to scratch on further inspection.
Tri-Forced-Opinion: degonyte muses over a history of Zelda games and how the commentary has changed over the years.
Scaring the millions: The latest piece by GameDev Reports - powered by Xsolla details how well Resident Evil and Silent Hill have been doing.
Game Training: InGameScientist explains why some skills can be taught through video games, and why some shouldn’t.
D-LSS-Rama: One of the big dramas of the week has been the new DLSS-5, and David D. Dockery has a really insightful piece that cuts past the obvious outcry to examine what this issue is at its core.
Everything could be cheaper: Prof. Rock beleive’s Nintendo could be selling games for less and still be making money, tbf thats the case of more capitalist companies, but they have a good point with ole Nintendo.
Child Prodigy: SuperJump Magazine, interviews 16-year old game developer about his up-and-coming game, Astrolander.
Fun Tidbits
HYTE’s Collaboration Involving Honkai: Star Rail’s Firefly Is Now Live
Classic Cute ‘Em Up Series ‘Cotton’ To Celebrate Its 35th Anniversary With New Japan-Themed Entry
Basketball Classics Brings Backboard-Breaking Retro Hoops To All Modern Consoles Today
The ZX Spectrum Classic ‘Jetpac’ Has Been (Unofficially) Remade
You Can Now Sail Zelda: Wind Waker’s Oceans In Your Web Browser
Let's hope Elite: Dangerous (or maybe a sequel?) picks up again, I was in love with that game for a few years
Thank you so much for featuring me! Out of everything I wrote last week, that piece was definitely my favorite. 🤩