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When Polygons Were Revolutionary

Gamedev Hardware Unity Programming

28 days ago 103.1K views 0 shares

When Polygons Were Revolutionary

Remember when we thought these janky polygons were the peak of technology? In 2000, we'd sit there amazed at what was essentially a potato with hair clipping through a horse's neck. Now I'm disappointed when my 4K ray-traced game drops below 120fps. The best part? Those old games actually shipped without needing 50GB day-one patches. They just worked... mostly... if you ignored the nightmare fuel character models.

Hypnotic Digital Blobs Of The Past

Windows Microsoft

1 month ago 73.0K views 0 shares

Hypnotic Digital Blobs Of The Past

Nobody asked for it, yet there we all were, staring at those hypnotic blobs and waves in Windows Media Player like they were revealing the secrets of the universe. The perfect entertainment for a dial-up internet era when downloading a single MP3 took longer than cooking a Thanksgiving dinner. Those visualizations were basically screensavers with a soundtrack, but damn if they weren't the pinnacle of digital entertainment in 2003. Kids today with their Spotify will never understand the deep connection between music appreciation and abstract digital blob-watching.