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El Shaddai: 16 Years Later, the Internet Legend Still Stands
In May 2010, a teaser video with biblical visuals and a Famitsu interview were enough to plunge gaming forums into collective fascination. El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron wasn't even out yet when it was already a legend. Sixteen years later, the question isn't whether the game lived up to its promises, but why such an atypical object no longer emerges in today's AAA landscape.
Outlaw Volleyball at 23: When MTV Wanted to Conquer Gaming
Outlaw Volleyball was never a good game. Released in 2003, it nonetheless stands as evidence of a serious attempt to graft MTV culture—underground music, rebellious aesthetics, raw energy—onto mainstream gaming. A forgotten project that reveals something precise about an era when the industry sought to absorb pop culture by force. Twenty-three years later, the exercise in memory is worth revisiting, less for the game itself than for what it exposes.