The Diary of Marcel Winatschek

The Mecca of Retro Games

The Mecca of Retro Games

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, known as the Super Famicom in Japan, is undoubtedly one of the best things to ever happen to humankind. Games before it were too graphically limited to fully immerse me in their worlds, while everything that came after looked almost too polished to truly spark my imagination. I’d go even further to say that the Super Nintendo’s colorful pixel art and bombastic 16-bit sound represent the pinnacle of video game history. The grey console’s technical limitations became a perfect framework that challenged every passionate developer out there to push the creativity in their games to new heights - and way beyond. Lorem Ipsum lorem.

The Pop Terrorists

The Pop Terrorists

While the whole world celebrates South Korea’s cultural boom and it seems like half my classmates are studying abroad in the country’s colorful capital because of it, we must remember a unique collective alongside veterans like Blackpink, Red Velvet, and BTS, and newcomers like Ive, Le Sserafim, and NewJeans: Balming Tiger, the quirky pioneers of Seoul’s idiosyncratic rap scene. This special group is a blend of multimedia outsiders who throw K-pop from its glittery, polished world into the underground. Imagine Girls’ Generation meets Brockhampton, or Keith Ape meets Abra. I’m hoping to see them live soon, because that would be more than amazing.