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Trailer Park - 100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience
Doc looking at the evolution of arcades in Japan
9th Apr 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
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Breaking Bad S1-5 RPG
what if Breaking Bad looked like Pokemon? (via @thecoldvein)
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6th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Indie Game - The Movie
doc about independent video game producers, showing at Sundance this year
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26th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Super Pixel Bros
today's "a lot of time on my hands" entry - Super Mario Bros rendered in 64 pixels
15th Sep 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Real Life Angry Birds Moon Cakes
Just in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival in Asia - real life Angry Birds moon cakes. Available here
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8th Sep 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Battleship
Trailer up for Battleship. I've got a lot of time for director Peter Berg and star Alexander Skaarsgard, but this looks about as stupid as you would imagine a movie based on a board game to be.
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29th Jul 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Techniques
how to win at Rock, Paper, Scissors: Wikihow has a lowdown
30th Nov 2010 - Add Comment - Tweet
Fire up the Chimp-O-Matic?!
not quite sure what to make of this until we've talked to our Chimp-o-lawyers (especially as we're lovers, not fighters), but there's a Chimp-O-Matic weapon in PS3 game Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
"The Chimp-o-Matic was a weapon that turned enemies into chimpanzees and, according to its demonstration video, was originally designed as a party gag by bored GrummelNet engineers. Robotic enemies were turned into toy monkeys with cymbals, while organic enemies turned into normal chimps."
30th Oct 2010 - Add Comment - Tweet
Gooooooooooooooal!
if you're after an all-singing, all-dancing megatron world cup chart thing, check this Spanish website from Marca.com. The Guardian's Twitter match replays are pretty funny too
12th Jun 2010 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Cornelius - Coloris
tune that Cornelius did for a Game Boy game
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19th May 2010 - Add Comment - Tweet
Pirate Bay Sunk?
Arrrrrr! is it all over for the Pirate Bay? this Guardian article thinks it might be
UPDATE: Of course not. Back online.
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18th May 2010 - Add Comment - Tweet
Lego Rock Band
the ongoing Rock Band world domination continues with Lego Rock Band - glad to see they've got Let's Dance era David Bowie in there with Blur...
16th Oct 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Hi How Are You? Daniel Johnston The App
yup, indie cult hero Daniel Johnston is now available as an iPhone app
16th Oct 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Games
I'd like to play the game with the skateboarder dodging lasers from a UFO in the background before YMO take it all Tron
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23rd Sep 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet
Kurt Cobain, A Guitar Hero
ah, the rebellious spirit of the grunge is really living on in Guitar Hero 5 with the option of being wacky Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, sometimes with another Cobain or two in the backing band. Take THAT The Man!
4th Sep 2009 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
3D Monster Maze
News of the BBC's plans to shoot Syntax Era - a comedy drama based on the rivalry between Clive Sinclair and Chris Curry (ie the Curry who gave us Curry's) in the 1980s (should be on BBC4 this Oct) - got me thinking about the genius of the ZX81 (the iPhone of its time kids) - and specifically the joy of playing 3D Monster Maze. With the help of the hefty 16K external memory booster megapack stuck on the outside of the hard-drive/membrane keyboard/CPU, and several hours spent getting it to "download" from the memory stick cassette player, you could be transported into another dimension.
The object was simple: run through the maze to the exit, or be eaten alive by a giant T-Rex. You could run a bit faster than the monster - but thanks to the hours of ambient time spent walking around the identical walls, waiting for it to arrive, and the seconds it took to pounce when it did finally show up, more often than not you were chomped up instantly after waiting for ages. No weapons. No extra lives. Just the chance to do it all over again. Existential terror has never been colder or more accurately detailed in pixel form. Good times.
31st Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet