If you are anything like me, there's a good chance that your TikTok is currently exploding with clips, tips, and guides in the wake of the launch of . Perhaps my favourite little digital nugget to come out of my scrolling is one account dedicated to showing off new games through the retro screen of a CRT TV.
User, CRT Dream, posted their "" video this week, and it shows off part of the joy of using a CRT well. There are a few major reasons people still love CRTs. The first, because it's nostalgic, is definitely part of the vibe that CRT Dream [[link]] is trying to conjure here.
CRT Dream is less about playing retro games and more about playing new games in a retro way. Scrolling through their TikTok, you can see Oblivion Remastered, , and they even watched the trailer for The on it.
Watching with Higher by Creed playing the background sort of sounds like my nightmares, but there's [[link]] something about watching it through the TikTok of a passionate fan that just makes me say 'Hell Yeah'.
This dedication to the bit is charming in the most geeky way. To get some of these games running on a CRT TV, not only do you need an adapter to go from HDMI or Display Port to VGA adapter, but you sometimes need to to get the game running on the 4:3 resolution necessary for the TV. Even then, further tinkering is often required to get the UI looking just right.
After all this work, the end result is worth it. looks fittingly blocky on it. I won't be letting go of my OLED monitor and all the modern trappings that come with it, but maybe there's room in my heart (or living room) for a secondary one.
I, unfortunately, had to get rid of a rather large CRT TV before leaving my home country, but I can't say CRT Dream hasn't tempted me to pick one up once more.