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Design Room @designroom.site · 31/07/2026

Hi, we're a new video game oral histories site. Want to read the story of Shadow of the Colossus, as told by 11 people who worked on it? Or hear what Will Wright has to say about Spore in retrospect? Or see previously unreleased footage of Nintendo's Sound Fantasy? Check us out at designroom.site

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Design Room @designroom.site · 18/04/2026

Archipel's latest book, The Worlds of Yoko Taro, showed up today and is beautiful. Get it here: archipel.jp/collections/...

A photo shows the cloth cover of The Worlds of Yoko Taro.

A close-up photo shows a big smile imprinted in the book's cover.

A side photo shows the book's spine, with another smile on it.

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Design Room @designroom.site · 12/03/2026

When the tutorial is the title.

A photo shows a game called Pivot where players rotate a physical couch as a controller to fit an on-screen couch into the right place.

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Design Room @designroom.site · 03/03/2026

The planned box art is everything that's great about '90s CG.

Lobo kicks through a stone wall with flames behind him.

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Design Room @designroom.site · 11/02/2026

In 1996 for Ultimate Gamer magazine, @vgephemera.bsky.social dug up a bunch of lost Atari projects like the Mindlink headset that let you control games using brain waves.

A photo from Ultimate Gamer magazine shows the title text "The Atari Quest."

A photo of Ultimate Gamer magazine shows photos of the Mindlink and Atari's John Skruch wearing one.

A photo from Ultimate Gamer shows an old Atari Mindlink sales brochure.

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Design Room @designroom.site · 05/02/2026

When SNK promoted Samurai Shodown II to arcade operators with some creative math.

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Design Room @designroom.site · 04/02/2026

Old game magazine photo of the day.

A photo of a 1991 issue of Gamest shows game publisher New Year's illustrations.

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Design Room @designroom.site · 31/01/2026

Update for anyone visiting San Francisco: We now have a Space Channel 5 fondue.

A graphic shows Ulala from Space Channel 5 on top of a photo of cheese fondue.

A menu for the restaurant Matterhorn shows Ulala fondue for sale.

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Design Room @designroom.site · 14/01/2026

Hi, we're a new video game oral history site. Some highlights so far: Mirror's Edge: bit.ly/mirrorsedgeoralhistory Sayonara Wild Hearts: bit.ly/sayonarawildhearts Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/shadowotcolossus Sound Fantasy: bit.ly/49xPfha Rez Infinite: bit.ly/4pKj0BB Find us at designroom.site.

An in-development screenshot from Sayonara Wild Hearts shows a different visual style.

A photograph shows marketing materials from the unreleased Nintendo music game Sound Fantasy.

An illustration shows a developer sitting at a desk while working on Mirror's Edge.

An illustration shows all 16 bosses from Shadow of the Colossus in a single frame.

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Design Room @designroom.site · 13/01/2026

Best accidental homepage story placement.

A screenshot of two images on the Design Room homepage shows an arm from one image looking like it connects into the other image.

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Design Room @designroom.site · 22/12/2025

Our music game series is now done, so let's recap it with original art by @wendyleftmealone.bsky.social.

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Design Room @designroom.site · 04/12/2025

Holiday gift idea! Get someone a one-year Design Room subscription. Just go here, tip $70, and put their name, email, and the date you want it to start in the notes. www.designroom.site#/portal/supp...

An original illustration shows the 16 bosses from Shadow of the Colossus.

An original illustration shows the four games from Design Room's Sensory Overload music game series.

A photograph shows the packaging from the canceled Super Nintendo game Sound Fantasy.

A piece of concept art shows Rez Infinite's Area X level.

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Design Room @designroom.site · 20/11/2025

A game starring a flying "sound warrior" that started life as a video game stage show with three people playing simultaneously, all synced to the same soundtrack? It could only be Otocky. www.designroom.site/toshio-iwai-...