Good article. So this is sort of a tangent, but here's a bit of advice as someone who makes heavy use of GenAI imagery in the service of articles that I write.
Never use out-of-the-box images of CRT computers - 99% of the time the keyboards are an ergonomic train wreck and the text on the screen is a smeary blurry mess.
This is a combination of a GenAI image from NB Pro layered with a loop of the Win95 start sequence into a single animated gif. Notice I sidestepped the inclusion of a keyboard altogether.
Now, more topically: since the actual list of IF games doesn't appear to be a secret, I think it would have been better to feature it more prominently in the article, rather than tucking it away in a side note in the footer.
Good article. So this is sort of a tangent, but here's a bit of advice as someone who makes heavy use of GenAI imagery in the service of articles that I write.
Never use out-of-the-box images of CRT computers - 99% of the time the keyboards are an ergonomic train wreck and the text on the screen is a smeary blurry mess.
See the image here for a good example:
https://mordenstar.com/blog/win9x-hacks
This is a combination of a GenAI image from NB Pro layered with a loop of the Win95 start sequence into a single animated gif. Notice I sidestepped the inclusion of a keyboard altogether.
Now, more topically: since the actual list of IF games doesn't appear to be a secret, I think it would have been better to feature it more prominently in the article, rather than tucking it away in a side note in the footer.