I’d launch Windows 3.1 just to watch screensavers, marvelling at Mystify and staring atStarfield.

How wonderful that our computer needed to dream as preventative medicine!

Yes, it tells you the origin of the pylons you’re seeing.

Electricity pylons by the roadside in a The Jean-Paul Software Screen Explosion screenshot.

And yes, it drives on the left side of the road where appropriate.

I’ve not used a screensaver in years.

They’re not needed anymore, and my monitors automatically turn off when idle to save power anyway.

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Running 3D scenes which make my computer use more power when idle is the opposite of what I want.

While I won’t start using a screensaver now, I did enjoy playing with screensavers today.

I enjoyed restarting screensavers to see them with new colours or new patterns.

A photo of a screensaver spanning two monitors in The Jean-Paul Software Screen Explosion.

I really enjoyed that drive past international pylons.

I enjoyed watching colours.

I felt the childhood magic of screensavers again.

The Jean-Paul Software Screen Explosion is out nowon Steamfor 4/4/$5.