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Warez: The Infrastructure and Aesthetics of Piracy (2021)

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  1. milchek · · focus · HN ↗
    This is dense. I skimmed through hoping to see examples of the “aesthetics” with screenshots of old school installers (like the ones from Razor 1911, Class, Deviance etc) - it looks like these are scattered around the web, though. If anyone wants to relive some of the old chiptunes from these installers there’s <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;codex-installer-music-5-2018-03-192kbit-aac" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;codex-installer-music-5-2018-03-...
    1. suburban_strike · · focus · HN ↗
      Some of the chiptune musicians are still active. Dubmood made it onto the Hotline Miami (2012) soundtrack.
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