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Fascinating Look Back at InterActual Technologies, When Your Computer Turned DVD Movie Discs Into Something More

By Jackson Chung August 1, 2026

Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, finishing a film on DVD often meant one more step. People would slide that same disc into the DVD-ROM drive of their Windows PC, wait for the software to load, and suddenly find themselves staring at a whole different set of options. Wallpapers. Screensavers. Side-scrolling Flash games. Synchronized screenplays that played alongside the film. Interviews, photo galleries, and even live online events that used the disc itself as the connection point. This was the brief window when studios packed extra material onto the unused space of a movie disc and aimed it squarely at computers.

How Jazza and Friends Built the World’s Biggest D20

By Bill Smith July 31, 2026

Australian creator Jazza and the team at Lumin’s Workshop decided a regular gaming die was far too small. They set out to make a twenty-sided die big enough to claim the title of largest dice of any kind, and one that could still tumble and settle on a single face.

Kyty Just Put the First Real 3D PS5 Games on a PC at Nearly 30 Frames

By Bill Smith July 31, 2026

Two weeks ago the same project could only push a handful of PlayStation 5 titles past their loading screens. Today a free, open-source emulator called Kyty is running fully 3D commercial games on ordinary Windows PCs with player control and frame rates that actually feel usable.

Cheffy’s E.G.O.R. is Basically an Egg Machine With Ambition

By Jackson Chung July 31, 2026

Morning routines often fall apart around a single stubborn task. Eggs demand attention right when attention feels scarcest. Crack one wrong and shell fragments appear. Leave the pan a second too long and yolks firm up past preference. Busy households skip the whole thing more often than they admit.

The North Face Berkeley Crossbody Bag was Built for the Days You Leave the Big Pack Behind

By Bill Smith July 31, 2026

Most days call for something smaller than a backpack and more secure than stuffed pockets. The North Face Berkeley Crossbody, priced at $28 (was $40), answers that need with a compact shape that still holds the pieces you reach for constantly. At just 7.6 ounces and roughly 4.75 liters of space, it stays light against the body while giving enough room for a water bottle, phone, wallet, keys, and a pair of sunglasses without turning into a bulky lump.