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Ghost in the Shell Finally Gets the Anime It Was Always Supposed to Be

Here’s the thing about Ghost in the Shell that nobody talks about enough: most people who love it have never actually experienced the original version. They fell in love with…

Buffalo and Elecom Aren’t Killing Blu-ray.

Here is what nobody is saying: Buffalo and Elecom were never Blu-ray companies. They were peripheral companies that happened to sell Blu-ray drives. And the difference matters more than you…

Spencer Wan Doesn’t Need Your Render Engine

Editor’s note: This article was originally commissioned under the title “Spencer Wan’s Soot and the Lumen 2.0 Real-Time Revolution.” After thorough research, we could not verify the existence of a…

Kore-eda, Fujimoto, and 35mm Film Stock Walk Into a Bookstore

Here is what happened. Sometime before the project was announced, Hirokazu Kore-eda was passing through Shinagawa Station on a return trip from Kyoto. He saw a book cover. A figure’s…

What Makes a Cassette Tape Worth Thousands

A cassette tape’s value is determined by the intersection of pressing scarcity, tape formulation, manufacturing anomalies, and decades of storage conditions. Rare demos, recalled releases, and sealed first pressings now…

Cassette Tape Deck Maintenance Essentials

Cassette tape deck maintenance is the practice of cleaning, demagnetizing, and mechanically servicing the tape transport system of a compact cassette player or recorder. It involves removing oxide buildup from…

Painted Into a Corner: London’s CV Dazzle Artists and the Limits of Beautiful Resistance

A Hundred-Year-Old Trick Dazzle camouflage was a military paint scheme used on ships extensively during World War I, credited to British artist Norman Wilkinson, who came up with the idea…

The 4:3 Display Module Framework Hasn’t Built Yet

There is a product that doesn’t exist. It has no SKU, no spec sheet, no blog post from Framework’s engineering team explaining the compromises they made with BOE. You can’t…

Cassette Collecting Starter Guide

Cassette collecting is the practice of buying, preserving, and curating music on compact cassette tapes, the analog magnetic format first introduced by Philips in 1963. In 2026, the hobby spans…

Epilogue Retrace and the AI War on Counterfeit Game Cartridges

Picture a convention floor on a Saturday morning. Folding tables stacked with loose Game Boy cartridges, labels sun-faded or suspiciously pristine. A seller wants $120 for Pokémon FireRed. You turn…

Articles by this author:

Ghost in the Shell Finally Gets the Anime It Was Always Supposed to Be

Buffalo and Elecom Aren’t Killing Blu-ray.

Spencer Wan Doesn’t Need Your Render Engine

Kore-eda, Fujimoto, and 35mm Film Stock Walk Into a Bookstore

What Makes a Cassette Tape Worth Thousands

Cassette Tape Deck Maintenance Essentials

Painted Into a Corner: London’s CV Dazzle Artists and the Limits of Beautiful Resistance

The 4:3 Display Module Framework Hasn’t Built Yet

Cassette Collecting Starter Guide

Epilogue Retrace and the AI War on Counterfeit Game Cartridges

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