retro
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Acrise – Cooler than Ice – EST 1990
» MeetingsWinter Meetup Micro-Events: Small Rooms, Big Energy
Big parties are amazing, but the scene’s secret weapon has always been the micro-event: a small meetup, a living-room compo, a café corner with laptops, a weekend where five people build more momentum than a thousand likes ever could. Winter is perfect for that. Less travel, more focus, more “let’s just do it.” So here’s…
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Acrise – Cooler than Ice – EST 1990
Our Love Letter to Retro Computing (and Its Glorious Problems)
Retro computing is the only hobby where you can spend an entire Saturday achieving absolutely nothing — and still call it a spiritual victory. We don’t mean “nothing” in the modern sense, where you doomscroll for six hours and emerge with a vague sense of dread and a new opinion you didn’t order. We mean…
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Acrise – Cooler than Ice – EST 1990
The 48-Hour Demo Challenge: One Theme, Many Universes
Every now and then the scene needs a small spark that doesn’t require a big production pipeline, a year-long toolchain debate, or a “we’ll release when it’s perfect” promise. So here’s a simple idea we’re throwing into the wild: a 48-hour demo challenge designed for maximum creativity and minimum excuses. The rules are intentionally lightweight.…