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Digital Identity: An illustration showing a progression from traditional passwords to modern biometric passkeys, including lockscreen interfaces and facial recognition

Digital Identity: The Battle Beyond Passwords

8 July 2025 Nathan Clarke 0

Exploring the evolution of digital identity from passwords to passkeys, biometrics, and beyond. Discover how modern security methods impact our online presence and trust in an interconnected world.

Queue outside Electronics Boutique in Preston for the Windows 95 midnight launch, 1995

Tech Turning Points: Starting Up the Future – Windows 95 and the Birth of Modern Computing

2 June 2025 Nathan Clarke 0

Windows 95 wasn’t just a software release — it was a cultural event. In Preston and beyond, we queued in the rain for a cardboard box that changed how we compute. From Plug and Play to that Eno chime, this retrospective captures the start of a digital era.

Loading… Please Wait: The Lost Rituals of Cassette-Based Gaming

29 April 2025 Sophie Calder 0

Before downloads became instant, gaming was an act of patience, hope, and whirring cassette decks. Sophie Calder takes us back to an era where every screech and shimmer held the promise of a new pixelated world — and why those rituals still matter today

Split-view of a 1990s British bedroom and a modern gaming setup. On the left, a beige CRT monitor displays the classic Quake main menu, surrounded by original Quake, Unreal, and Tomb Raider game boxes, magazines, and a mug of tea. On the right, a contemporary RGB-lit gaming PC with an RTX graphics card and a Quake logo on the monitor sits above a Maplin bag, highlighting the evolution of PC gaming across decades.

Voodoo Resurrection: How 3dfx Sparked the Frame Rate Obsession

27 March 2025 Nathan Clarke 0

From the moment 3dfx Voodoo cards hit our beige boxes, the race for smooth frame rates began. This nostalgic deep dive explores how Glide changed PC gaming forever and why we’re still chasing that perfect 60+ FPS even today. A retro resurrection for performance purists.

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