Michelle is Lifehacker's Associate Tech Editor, and has been reviewing games, laptops, phones, and more for over 10 years. She is based in New York City and holds a master's degree from NYU. December ...

Retro Social Freeplay Arcade has a bar with draft beer and a custom cocktail menu, each with a video game themed name like ...

Emulation handhelds have exploded in popularity over the past few years. But despite their growing mainstream appeal, they still exist in a legal and ethical gray area when it comes to piracy. While ...

While Black Mirror often throws a critical lens on new tech, it's also been at the forefront of transmedia storytelling and blurring the line between the on-screen and real worlds. It already brought ...

Retro gaming has gained significant momentum in 2025, capturing the attention of both longtime fans and newcomers alike. Classic consoles, once relegated to dusty shelves, are now being rediscovered, ...

Retro video games have a certain muscle memory attached to them. Blowing into a Super Nintendo game cartridge seems silly now, but 33 years ago it belonged to a gaming ritual I’ve come to associate ...

LEGO has released a new Retro Gaming Console set that supports three distinctive build configurations while costing under $20. The new kit is part of LEGO's ever-growing Creator 3-in-1 theme. Creator ...

In this 2024 photo, Tracy Charlton, center, founder of the Utah Retro GameXpo, poses with convention guests at the Davis Conference Center. In this undated photo, the convention floor at the Davis ...

We’re in a renaissance of retro tech thanks to modders willing to push the envelope of old-school gaming. Take this ongoing project to scale down an old Nintendo SNES mainboard so it can fit in a ...