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90s Nostalgia Sells So Well Because We're Chasing Fleeting Happiness
Nostalgia is both fuzzy and insanely lucrative.
VR Was the 'Next Big Thing' 20 Years Ago. What's Different Now?
The foundation for broad adoption is more substantial, but content could be problematic.
I Surfed the Wholesome Web of the 1990s at This Historically Accurate Internet Cafe
London's 64 Bits exhibition goes back to the future of the web's early days.
We Talked to the 'Ghost in the Shell' Director About Weed, Whitewashing, and Cyberpunk
Rupert Sanders tells us about the journey he went on to make the live-action adaptation of the 1995 anime classic, and the controversy over casting Scarlett Johansson.
Half of ‘Power Rangers’ Was a Lie and So Was Your Childhood
There’s a reason Rita Repula’s lips never lined up with her screams for power.
The Rise and Fall of the Ladette
How women taking their clothes off and getting shitfaced were celebrated and shunned in the space of just a few years.
You Only Need to Pay $15K to Own a Piece of Trump's Cringeworthy Pizza Hut Ad
Alongside his ex-wife, Donald Trump introduced the stuffed-crust pizza to the world in a TV commercial, and the storyboards are now for sale.
Old Sega Games Were Really Environmentalist
Sonic saved animals, Ecco defended the oceans, and the kind of tree-hugging ideals that would be crushed in Trump’s era peppered the Genesis.
Steve Wozniak Was My Computer Teacher in 1995
The Apple co-founder spent his own money, and more importantly, lots of his own time, showing us public school kids how to use the early internet.
The Strange History of Steve Bannon and the Biosphere 2 Experiment
Here’s what happened when Trump’s chief strategist was given a mock Earth.
What Working on a Magazine Sold by the Homeless Taught Me About Journalism
In its heyday, on a tiny budget, the 'Big Issue' became an eye into Britain's soul.