Just when you thought it was safe to read the bava, I got fifty-seven more entries as an attempt to catch up on my 110 Toys to Xmas series, this post should serve three functions:
1) Catch me up, so I can wave to all the haterz that questioned whether this series would survive;
2) reacquaint you [...]
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Days 87-30: Atari 2600 Cartridges
Published by November 27th, 2009 in 1102xmaS and video games. 4 CommentsI have enjoyed playing Left 4 Dead, and when Joe McMahon sent me the following video, it was amazing to see how fans have re-engineered the game for the classic Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It’s pretty brilliant, particularly if you have played L4D, and I am increasingly fascinated to see how the old school platforms [...]
Spider-man 1967, Episode 4
Published by April 26th, 2009 in TV, pop culture and video games. 0 CommentsYet another Spider-man, and this episode is a 2-for-1 with two shorter episodes featuring the Vulture and Spencer Smythe. The real joy of these episodes are the villians, in fact it is through their names that my son remembers each episode.
In doing some surface research on the villains, I found it interesting that what is [...]
Well, as soon as Jeff McClurken told me about Ada Lovelace Day I knew I was in, I also knew who I wanted to blog about. It was really a no-brainer for me. Ms. Pacman….I love you! And if you think I’m being silly, please watch the video via Bitch Magazine—it offers a [...]
The time people will spend watching crap
Published by January 31st, 2009 in YouTube, video and video games. 5 CommentsI was talking to Andy Rush and Jerry Slezak recently about the fact that the over 90 videos I have uploaded to my YouTube account have almost 360,000 views. A figure that is modest by YouTube standards, but still kind of blows my mind. And then Jerry asked the simple question, “How much time do you [...]
256 screens of pure and total perfection on Pac-man? I want to be this guy!
The only man ever to play a perfect game on Pac-man
Link love goes to the Judges for sharing this gem on the Facebook.
I have been thinking about certain movies from the 80s that kind of represent this moment in time, regardless of whether they are good or bad. And while movies are, for the most part, dependent on narrative, they also have the ability to capture the space, clothing styles, hairdos, music, and the overall built environment [...]
Nostalgia, Killer Sharks, Amusement Parks, and the Sterile World We Live In
Published by July 9th, 2008 in amusement parks, fun, nostalgia and video games. 2 Comments“If you blog it, it is no dream.”
Last year at this time, while I was embedded deep in yet another bout of nostalgia, I posted about an old school video game called Killer Shark (1972). I had been lamenting the fact that this game was inaccessible to me now, and how much I loved [...]
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Published by May 14th, 2008 in fa08, faculty academy, prologue and video games. 0 CommentsDr. Janet Murray’s unbelievably intelligent and thought-provoking talk, “Inventing the Medium: Learning and Symbolic Expression from Knucklebones and Senet to Second Life and Spore,” examined the historical role of games and game play upon the evolution of humanity, communication, and representation (read the abstract here and video will be forthcoming). Immensely interesting stuff that [...]
I recently came to the realization that my best friend in Fredericksburg is my 12 year-old neighbor. I just can’t avoid the fact that I have never really progressed beyond the sixth grade; I am still so dearly enthralled by the product-inspired wonder of my youth. Whether it be Star Wars (and this encompasses everything [...]
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