List of articles

This is a list of specific articles and webpages that stood out for me in one way or another. This is a subpage of my Links page.

Disney

Yep, I created the new Avatar font: A look into the creation of a new typeface for Avatar. One that isn't Papyrus.
Val d’Europe: The appearance of tradition: The architectural design of a town sector just outside of Disneyland Paris and built together with the Disney company.
Why Notoriously Litigious Disney Is Letting Fan Stores Thrive: About Disney's curious and nuanced relationship with fan merchandise.
The Force Is Strong With This Star Wars Subculture: The Star Wars Customizable Card Game lives on, over two decades after its demise.
Disney's many, many attempts at figuring out the game industry: For various periods of time, Disney had some very interesting in-house game development.
The magical (postmodern) world of Disney: CEO Michael Eisner sought out postmodern architects so his company could leave a mark.
WALL-E fangame: A pretty obscure Wall-E fangame that was never finished. I wanted to highlight this because of the surprising lack of Disney fangames.

Other

Games

The Shifting Art Styles of Pokémon: I fondly remember early Pokémon art, and this article does a proper deep dive into the complexities of this art and the reasons why the franchised evolved away from it.
Did You Know These Retro Game Consoles are Capable of Surround Sound?: This article feels like a rough initial exploration and definitely deserves more systemic approach. But yes, surround sound on retro consoles!
Neopets: Inside Look at Early 2000s Internet Girl Culture: I fondly remember Neopets, but — as a boy — I had never really thought of in the context of girl culture before.
From Putt Putt to Freddi Fish—How Humongous Entertainment Made Edutainment Fun: The discussion about Freddi's gender… wow! I am grateful that Tami Borowick chose for that, because as a kid playing these games it just felt so self-evident!
An interview with Tami Borowick, Scummlet extraordinaire, from Monkey Island 2 to Freddi Fish: This interview with Borowick goes deeper into Freddi's gender, among many other things.
Doing an HD Remake the Right Way: part one & two: The developer of indie game Defender's Quest contrasts his approach to HD remastering with the one of two mobile Final Fantasy games.
No, MS-DOS games weren't widescreen: Tips on correcting aspect ratio: Getting a correct aspect ratio for DOS games can be deceptively tricky.
Why Porting the 16-Bit NBA Jam to PlayStation Was Such a Major Trial Back in 1995: Interesting little excerpt from the book Arcade Perfect.
What happened when Sega courted female players in the mid-’90s: The Sega Girls Task Force corresponds with an increase of Sega Genesis usage by young American girls from 3% in 1993 to 20% in 1995.
NonMAME: The driven to maturity threshold is honestly ridiculous, but the list is strangely fascinating.
Looking Beyond America—How Game History Is Connected On A Global Scale: Beyond just sketching out how European game history differed from the US-centric narrative (which I am obviously aware of), it also goes deeper into Japanese game history, and most interestingly the cross-polination between British and Japanese game design.

Movies and TV

A Chat with the Hey Arnold! Composer Who Folded Jazz into 90s Childhoods: The music of Hey Arnold! is what stuck the most, and this article delves into why.
Harry Potter DVDs: Widescreen vs. Fullscreen: Often both the full-screen and wide-screen version of the first two Harry Potter movies show unique things.
Why I’m Keeping My LaserDisc Player!
Ultimate list of Laserdisc titles that are significant: Sometimes LaserDiscs still have something later releases don't.
Malibu Stacy: The Untold Story of The Simpsons vs. Barbie
Creative Fansubbing Techniques: part one & two

Software & internet culture

Those HTML Attributes You Never Use
Remembering Microsoft Cinemania
404 Page Not Found: Kate Wagner, of McMansion Hell fame, reflects on the ‘old internet’.
The Moms Who Were Extremely Online in 1993: Usenet moms who still keep in touch through an e-mail list.
Home Sweet Homepage: A comic about growing up online.
Xah's Keyboard Guide: There's something quite appealing about all those wacky ergonomic keyboards.

Misc

Everything I, an Italian, thought I knew about Italian food is wrong: A lot of Italian food tradition is a fairly recent invention. That does not make it bad, but I think it helps to keep this in mind when people make a big deal out of how you eat your pasta or what you put on your pizza.
How McCall’s, Simplicity, and Jo-Ann’s entered the cosplay market
84: The Secret Members-Only Bar Frequented by Famous Artists, Musicians, and Nintendo Employees
Comic Book Grammar & Tradition: This article is probably what started my admiration of comic book lettering done properly.
The Reinvention of Lego: Passionate rant I don't necessarily agree with. I fondly remember some of the themes criticized.
Tabberone's Trademark & Copyright Abusers' Hall Of Shame: This product of frustration is so fascinating to me, even though I've never even sewn or embroidered anything.