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Damiano Gerli

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As seen in: Yahoo Entertainment, IGN Italia, Ars Technica, Kotaku, VICE, Vice Nederlands, Flipboard, PC Gamer, PCGamesN, Destructoid and
Covers:  Gaming history, game design, retrogaming, technology, culture.
Doesn't Cover: Sports.
Researcher of games and media @ genesistemple.com Streaming on Twitch bit.ly/3vL28V3 Support on Patreon: bit.ly/patreonGT

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Damiano Gerli’s Biography

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I research gaming history, with a particular focus on European software houses and studios, especially lesser known stories that might be interesting to rediscover. But history is not my only love, as I've been gaming all my life with no plans to stop, so I like to disassemble design ideas and look at them through various lenses and via different perspectives, while also talking with developers, journalists and producers.

Damiano Gerli’s Journalist Portfolio

ScummVM: more than just an adventure - Wireframe Magazine

ScummVM: more than just an adventure - Wireframe Magazine

It's a popular frontend used to play point-and-click adventures and other games. But where did ScummVM come f…

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Flashback: The History Of Sonic's First Animated Commercial Outside Of Japan

Flashback: The History Of Sonic's First Animated Commercial Outside Of Japan

Sega used to be huge in Italy. After a rough start for the Master System, marketed by a small company which h…

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Vampire Survivors' creator just wanted something to play at the weekend

Vampire Survivors' creator just wanted something to play at the weekend

2D bullet hell game Vampire Survivors is surely one of the most interesting success stories of the year, as w…

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Kate Higby's Magic Carpet Ride

Kate Higby's Magic Carpet Ride

Computers in the mid 70s were a fascinating addition to a home office - and quite an expensive one at that, t…

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The history of SimCopter: the forgotten Sims game

The history of SimCopter: the forgotten Sims game

SimCity 2000 was one of the most successful games of 1993, but Maxis Software didn't exactly have a convincin…

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Shooting The Pope: The Near Ruin Of A Country's Gaming Industry

Shooting The Pope: The Near Ruin Of A Country's Gaming Industry

March of 2011. After a couple of moderately successful decades, the Italian gaming industry was facing its wo…

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Flashback "I Think We Succeeded" - The History Of Sonic's First Animated Commercial Outside Of Japan

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By Damiano Gerli Verified
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Sega Sonic Features Flashback "I used what we had, because there really wasn’t much else" With Sonic's 35th anniversary looming, we thought it would be a perfect time to resurface some of our favourite Sonic articles on the site over the next week. Sega used to be huge in Italy. After a rough start for the Master System, marketed by a small company which had little to no experience in the gaming market, Sega stepped up and decided to hand over its consoles to big toys retailer Giochi Preziosi.
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Asylum review - trapped in limbo

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By Damiano Gerli Verified, triple-A RPGs. Basically
| voxelsmash.com
Is it possible to judge a game that has been in development for so long that, when it was announced, the most current console was the PlayStation 4? Guess not, but then again, while dev history should be factored in when reviewing a game, ultimately it’s all about how much the game gives us. In the case of Asylum, unfortunately, I walked away pretty much empty-handed. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
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Rosewater review - it's all about the journey

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By Damiano Gerli Verified, triple-A RPGs. Basically
| voxelsmash.com
Six years in the making, the new point-and-click adventure by Lamplight City developer Grundislav Games is finally out. While taking place in the same shared universe, Rosewater will leave players with quite a different taste from its Gabriel Knight-inspired predecessor. Is it worth your time, or is this caravan really headed to nowhere? Let’s take a look at it in our Rosewater review. Rosewater opens with our protagonist, Harley Leger, heading to a new city in the hopes of starting a new life.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Covering Sony and Nintendo's PRs in the mid 00s

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, as a kid.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

Simulmondo. The first big Italian history of a software house, it took me six months to finish it and more than once I was ready to give up.
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