In 1995, a familiar experience sat at the center of many people’s introduction to dial-up internet: the chance to create something for themselves. Along with the access to the World Wide Web, Telnet, ...

Video games have gone through a number of changes over the decades, but few things have impacted the industry as much as crowdfunding. Thanks to tools like Kickstarter, potential video game developers ...

When Adobe announced that it was planning an “end of life” for Flash yesterday, it shouldn’t have taken anyone by surprise. The web-defining software — once used for all kinds of browser audio and ...

At 11:35 p.m. on April 6, 2000, Tom Fulp and his motley crew of developers changed the landscape of the internet forever. The Portal, which allowed users to upload their own animations and content to ...

Popular content-sharing website Newgrounds has crashed as a result of being overwhelmed by demand for the latest update to Friday Night Funkin', the wildly popular rhythm game. The crash is a ...

Rien K-T's love for writing and research has taken him from the bitter cold of northern Sweden to the bustling city of Philadelphia. His interest in games, coding, and community-building brought him ...

Big ideas often start small. What we typically see are finished products. Whether we’re talking about epic movies, space travel or sandwiches, what we’re given is the final, fully realized version of ...

Most personal websites that started in 1995 disappeared from the digital realm long ago. Not Newgrounds, a proto-YouTube that gradually found its calling. In 1995, a familiar experience sat at the ...