Waltzing para Dreamers

O dia nós trouxemos o repouso que o Atari 2600 era um dia de muitos firsts para mim. Era, por exemplo, a primeira vez que meus pais me disseram para se encontrar. Enquanto nós empilhamos fora de nosso AMC tijolo-vermelho, o Mom mencionou ocasional, “assim se alguém pedisse, nós começou-o como um presente. Nós estamos atrás no aluguel, e se o landlord encontrasse para fora nós gastamos o dinheiro neste, bom…” Uma vez que o Dad deu o sinal landlord-todo-desobstruído, o Mom arrancou a caixa preta e alaranjada gigante fora do tronco e sprinted através de nosso pátio complexo do apartamento com o Dad que conduz à maneira. Mantendo o ritmo atrás deles, meus irmã e eu encontramos este comportamento glamorous, como se nós éramos uma família de espiões internacionais. Leia mais

Trabalho do amor perdido… e encontrado

Isto uma história do amor. Como todas as histórias grandes do amor é sobre o infatuation, o contentment, a dor, e a perda. I was six, and he was new to the States, just over from Japan. He was high-maintenance, constantly asking for money when we were together. His name was Pac-Man. Read more

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Listening to Programs Load

On a desk in my house is a cassette tape. On one side of the tape is the first half of Frank Zappa’s album Joe’s Garage. On the other side of the tape is screeching, metallic static that sounds not unlike Lou Reed’s album Metal Machine Music. It’s a computer program, specifically a game called Madness and the Minotaur for the TRS-80 Color Computer. It was a text adventure game that used words to describe an alluring and dangerous labyrinth. It was a game of the mind. Read more

A Quarter in Denver

When I handed the reigns over to Peter for our annual retro issue, I was planning on escaping into the mountains of Colorado for some much needed vacation. While my planned respite did occur, I didn’t make it out of the office without a homework assignment. Peter’s idea was was simple. Try to find an arcade in the Denver Metro area where I could play a game for one quarter. We both agreed that it would probably be difficult, as we assumed that inflation had affected the video arcade market like everything else. Read more

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New Challenger Approaching: Krystal

Over the past several weeks PTD has been posting articles of a multi-part feature known as ‘New Challenger Approaching’. Every week this feature takes an in-depth look at a rumoured or plausible character that may or may not appear in Nintendo’s upcoming (and highly anticipated) title Super Smash Bros. Brawl. This is the sixth posting (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5). Read more

Intellivision Overlays

Mattel’s Intellivision was one of the big casualties of the console wars of the early 1980s. Initially it held its own against the top-dog Atari 2600 with a wide range of games, the Intellivoice system and blueblood author George Plimpton as a pitchman. Eventually doomed by a general decline in the gaming market and failure to deliver a promised keyboard attachment, the Intellivision is now little more than a footnote in gaming history. Read more

New Challenger Approaching: Ridley

PTD’s multi-part feature ‘New Challenger Approaching’ is here for its fifth week on the web (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4). Every week we have a look at a possible or rumoured character addition to Nintendo’s upcoming fighter Super Smash Bros. Brawl and evaluate why they may be worthy of an appearance. Read more

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