Ars Technica — Best Videos According to Hacker News

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How Crash Bandicoot Hacked The Original Playstation | War Stories | Ars Technica

Ars Technica

“Immensely interesting video!”

13 HN recommenders · 2020–2026

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How Prince of Persia Defeated Apple II's Memory Limitations | War Stories | Ars Technica

Ars Technica

“Essential viewing for anyone interested in game development history.”

5 HN recommenders · 2020–2026

interview

How Myst Almost Couldn't Run on CD-ROM | War Stories | Ars Technica

Ars Technica

“is actually more fascinating and entertaining in my opinion.”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

interview

How Gamers Killed Ultima Online's Virtual Ecology | War Stories | Ars Technica

Ars Technica

“Instead the players indiscriminately killed both the carnivores and the herbivores, because the players were human.”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

interview

Crash Bandicoot Co-Creator Andy Gavin: Extended Interview | Ars Technica

Ars Technica

“I recently watched and loved this extended interview with him about making Crash Bandicoot”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

interview

How Localizing Return of the Obra Dinn Nearly Sunk the Game | War Stories | Ars Technica

Ars Technica

“combining one of my fave video series with one of my fave gamedevs.”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

interview

How Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun Solved Pathfinding | War Stories | Ars Technica

Ars Technica

“Ars Technica had a series of 10 minute videos where they interviewed developers about technical challenges.”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2026

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Sunspring | A Sci-Fi Short Film Starring Thomas Middleditch

Ars Technica

“Sunspring, which was written entirely by an LSTM trained on science fiction screenplays”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2017