The Digital Antiquarian

The Digital Antiquarian: Where Old Games Get the Respect They Deserve

Filfre.net is home to The Digital Antiquarian, Jimmy Maher's long-running blog about the history of computer games and digital culture. It's not a nostalgia dump. Maher writes proper, deeply researched essays, the kind that treat a 1983 text adventure with the seriousness a historian might give a Renaissance painting. He's been at it for over a decade, working chronologically through gaming history one meticulous article at a time, and readers keep him going through Patreon. The writing is warm but rigorous, and it's a rabbit hole in the best sense.

The front page shows the latest essays in reverse order, each one a long read with comments buzzing underneath. Around the posts you'll find links to the chronological table of contents, downloadable ebook collections of past articles, a Hall of Fame of games Maher rates most highly, and pointers to his sister project, The Analog Antiquarian. There's also the usual about page and support info for anyone who wants to chip in.