Archive for the ‘Gaming’ Category:
The Atari 2600 celebrates 30 years of low-rez fun
As my 35th birthday approaches, an old friend is celebrating 30 years… the Atari 2600! Retro Thing is doing an “Atari Week” feature, with several pieces about the first device that defined “video game” for the majority of us thirty-somethings. The Atari 2600′s impact upon the gaming world was immense. No less than eight variations
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Teen nearly kills himself trying to fix overheating Xbox 360
Brevard (NC) – A 14-year-old boy was knocked unconscious and sent to the hospital as a result of trying to cool off his Xbox 360 over the weekend.According to a local news report, the teen’s console would repeatedly shut off every five minutes. His mother told reporters that he thought the problem was likely linked
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Star Diamond
Some 20 Christmases ago, my grandparents gave me a program for my Commodore 64 called Adventure Writer. Unlike the rest of the games I owned, this one actually allowed you to create games – specifically, text-based adventure games such as Zork. For all practical purposes, the genre – known these days among enthusiasts as Interactive
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Seinfeld LIES!
So, I was watching Seinfeld last night, and it was the episode where George buys the Frogger arcade machine because it still had his initials and high score from years ago. GLC – George Louis Costanza. As I was watching this, it hit me – Frogger never let you enter your initials for a high
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March 6, 1999
Been a long time, huh? Well, life’s been interesting lately, to put it mildly. Anyway, here’s a rundown of what I’ve been up to: Applied to work full time at United Methodist Communications (where I’ve been working part time for the past three years). I would hope they would hire me on the spot, but
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