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, ...

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 ...

It’s difficult to explain growing up in a small town to those who haven’t lived it. The clichés so often embraced by movies—the narrow perspectives of citizens, the yearning of youth to escape white ...

Browsing Itch.io's popular games page is the perfect place to find small, interesting indies. I always have a quick scour when I have a lunch break to fill or want to play something a little different ...

Some of them faded into history, but others—Newgrounds, Fark, Something Awful, and I-Mockery—remain online decades after their key period of relevance. Each started in similar ways—essentially, as ...