We Launch A Second Channel, Revisit Resistance On PS3, And Debate The Future Of Gaming

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Nostalgia just got teeth. We’re launching Flashback, a brand-new channel dedicated to jumping into specific months of gaming history—magazine covers, previews that never shipped, weird accessories, and those console wars that lit up schoolyards. Think time capsules you can listen to: March ’94 one week, 2006 the next, maybe 1979 after that. The main show stays free, and Sundays now bring double downloads. When Flashback drops, help us by downloading and leaving a quick review on Apple or Spotify to nudge the algorithm in our favor.

We also plug back into Resistance: Fall of Man on PS3 and find it still hits hard. It’s weighty, structured, and more Call of Duty than memory suggests, with a launch-era look that somehow charms rather than dates. A hardware detour follows: swapping an SSD into a PS3 Slim transformed load times and reminded us why The Last of Us still plays great on legacy hardware—before a fast cut to PS5 where lighting, physics, and micro-details turn key scenes into something else entirely. That back-to-back proves how far the medium has moved without diminishing what made the old stuff special.

On the news front, Dovetail’s Metro Rivals New York slams sim cred into arcade swagger: Crazy Taxi energy with trains in Unreal Engine 5, solo and four-player. Then Bitmap Bureau’s Terminator 2D: No Fate shows the smartest retro move of the year—beat the canonical story once, then remix key scenes to unlock new levels and paths. It’s a love letter to 16-bit action that solves the “short 2D game” complaint with built-in replay. We round out with the ROG Ally Xbox edition, handheld optimizations for big titles, and a frank look at how the industry might be pivoting toward enthusiasts through accessories, mid-gen upgrades, and tightly targeted hardware.

If you love retro with purpose, hardware talk with real stakes, and game design that respects your time, you’ll feel at home here. Subscribe, share this with a friend who still has their dog-eared mags, and when Flashback lands, drop a review—it genuinely helps. What month of gaming history should we time-jump to first?

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