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Tag Archives: video games
Summer of Love: Blades of Steel
https://files.bavatuesdays.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blades_of_steel_theme.mp3 Blades of Steel Theme Song I love Blades of Steel, it still stands as one of the greatest console games of the 1980s, and I’ve been waiting for a DJ to discover and remix all the sound effects into … Continue reading
Day 6: Coleco’s Head-to-Head Football
Darcy Norman posted about a Retro LED Footbal game a long while back, and in 1980 I got the Coleco Head-to-Head Football game, a handheld video game for two players, and absolutely the most memorable and fun of the handheld … Continue reading
Days 87-30: Atari 2600 Cartridges
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 … Continue reading
L4D on the NES
I 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 … Continue reading
Spider-man 1967, Episode 4
Yet 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 … Continue reading
The time people will spend watching crap
I 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 … Continue reading
A Perfect Game
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.
Bishop of Battle (1983)
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 … Continue reading
Tiltfactor
Dr. 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 … Continue reading
Classic Video Game Emulation
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 … Continue reading