Pat Sajak Dings Wheel of Fortune’s Shopping-Round Days, Calls Retro Format ‘Most Boring 3 Minutes on TV’

RELATED STORIES Pat Sajak was Wheel-y not a fan of those beloved, now-retired shopping rounds. On Wednesday’s Wheel of Fortune, the host playfully mocked a contestant who championed the show’s old format, which involved players spending their winnings on a massive array of (sometimes very random) prizes that were presented on a rotating stage. “The […]

QOTD: What’s Left for Retro?

There’s no debating the fact that I draw far more inspiration from older, classic designs than futuristic ones. Hardly progressive of me, I know. While some want nothing more than to gaze upon an autonomous egg and envision a life where the act of driving gives way to the act of commuting, face buried in […]

PAX hands-on: Retro sequels Streets of Rage 4, Windjammers 2 take us back to ‘94

Enlarge (credit: DotEmu) SEATTLE—PAX West has overtaken Seattle’s downtown convention center with roughly 4,000 new and in-development games across its giant expo halls. Yet somehow, it’s the kind of ragtag show where titans like Spider-Man, Artifact, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate can stand toe-to-toe with promising indies like Due Process and Risk of Rain 2. […]

The 25th-anniversary ThinkPad: Every laptop should add some retro appeal

Enlarge (credit: Peter Bright) I’m a ThinkPad fanboy. I have been for years. For me, a ThinkPad brings together several essential elements. I’m sure y’all are bored with me banging on about the TrackPoint—the red nipple situated between the G, H, and B keys that serves as a kind of joystick for moving the mouse […]

Nintendo beating back the competition with this new Switch retro games release

Fans of old-school gameplay have been pretty well catered on the Nintendo Switch so far. Having released in 2017, there have been plenty of retro ports launched on the eShop. There’s also swathes of new indie games being launched on the Switch, some of them taking cues from older titles. And for fans of the […]

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Will Feature a Retro Ship Based on Classic Concept Art

During production of Solo: A Star Wars Story, director Ron Howard wasn’t shy about sharing images from the set – including one particular easter egg that was a shout-out to the work of famed Star Wars concept artist Ralph McQuarrie. But now we know Solo will put another concept artist’s work from the original movie to […]

2019 Mini Cooper Hardtop and Convertible: Retro Refined

– Around the turn of the last century, the automotive world experienced a whirlwind of retro cars. One brand after another came up with modern-day re-creations of beloved models of yore, from the Volkswagen New Beetle to the Chevrolet SSR to the Ford Thunderbird, and of course the Chrysler PT Cruiser, which its maker deemed […]