LEGO Island 2's Under-the-Hood Crazyness
A look at the bizarre technical decisions behind LEGO Island 2: duplicated assets, hardcoded data, and a ‘UV map from hell’ that bloated the game’s size and slowed it down.
• By Oliver Karlsson
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Atari 2600's Pac-Man and the 1983 crash
How an overhyped, underpreforming port of an arcade phenomenon became a cautionary tale in gaming history.
• By Oliver Karlsson
The 2005 Pandemic in World of Warcraft
A stray raid debuff escaped its walls, steamrolled cities and gave epidemiologists an unexpected test bed.
• By Oliver Karlsson
Shin Megami Tensei and the Inokashira Park Murder
A look at how a 1992 Super Famicom role-playing game became entangled with an unsolved 1994 dismemberment case in Tokyo’s Inokashira Park.
• By Oliver Karlsson
When Anti-Piracy Ads Pirated
The famous “You wouldn’t steal a car” campaign scolded viewers about piracy while quietly pinching a font and a soundtrack. Here is the messy back-story of the ad that broke its own rules.
• By Oliver Karlsson
Why a Baker With No Bread Crashes Oblivion
Salmo the Baker’s crash-on-bite glitch survived every official patch and even 2025’s remaster. Here’s how one loaf became Tamriel’s most dangerous item.
• By Oliver Karlsson
Atari Pong's source code doesn't exist
Atari’s Pong arcade machine never executes code, because there is none. So how does it work?
• By Oliver Karlsson