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thebeks:

Casual Friday Tomorrow!

Pop pop! [You gotta watch Community]

aliensandpredators:

atlasmuae:

Some art I made a while back.

awww

Cute, I want one of these, as long as they’re well behaved.

geeksngamers:

Alien Poster - by Adam Rabalais

Nice work!

aliensandpredators:

Lord Vader Rise by iririv

what the WHAT??

via hungrytaiga

WTF?!?

manimator:

Last, but certainly not least, of the Ugly Americanized republican presidential candidates is Mitt Romney. Or should it be Bitt Romboard?

I also recently finished a fiction book, ‘Ready Player One’. I would recommend anyone who like classic arcade games and 80s nostalgia to get this book now. It’s set in a world where everyone logs into a virtual world to spend their time. Now imagine the Imaginationland episodes of South Park, but filled with characters and properties from the past few decades. And there’s a treasure hunt much like Charlie and the Chocolate factory, with the winner inheriting control over the virtual world. It’s fun to read all the references to all kinds of movies and games I grew up with. It’s primarily weighted towards 80’s nostalgia, referencing a ton of video games, music, and movies. But it’s a fun read, and I heavily recommend.

As a note, the movie rights were sold very quickly for the book. I imagine there is going to be a hell of a time trying to get the rights to show imagery from all of the tons of properties the movie references. South Park was able to do it with their Imaginationland episodes, so hopefully they can do the same.

Links of interest:
http://www.readyplayerone.com/
Boing Boing’s Review 

I recently finished Masters of Doom, by David Kushner. It chronicled the creators behind Doom, and the years leading up to the game. It brought me back to the games I played after getting our first Tandy computer in the mid-80s: Commander Keen, Wolfenstein, Big Blue Disk games, and other Apogee games. It was a great little history lesson on the team that created the iconic game. I wish there were more books out like this, behind the scenes on the creation of our favorite games.

As a great tidbit of knowledge, I found out that John Romero spent less than a year working for Origin Systems in Manchester NH, which is my hometown. The fact that there was a major gaming company in town while I was a kid is very impressive, if only they took 10 year old interns.

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