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Ever have one of those moments when you realize that someone else is living out one of your childhood dreams? I had one of those moments when I read about Peter Hirschberg and his private 80’s arcade: Finally, after a couple of years, a pile of money, and a struggle or two with contractors and . . . → Read More: “This is what Heaven looks like.” Man builds his own 80’s arcade. Maybe it’s just a faulty memory, but most of the Christmases I remember from when I was a kid had a decent snowfall compared to those of the past few years. So it brought back some fond memories when we woke up this morning to find that it had snowed quite a bit during the . . . → Read More: This is the sort of Christmas I remember… When I heard they were doing a live-action Speed Racer movie I was more than a little doubtful. Now that I’ve seen the trailer… … well, I still have my doubts, but not as much as before. . . . → Read More: Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer! According to my calendar there’s still a week and a half to go before the official start of Fall here in Michigan, but you wouldn’t know it from the weather. It supposedly got up to 75 today, but the temp is currently sitting at 59 degrees and it’s supposed to drop to 49 before the . . . → Read More: There’s a chill in the air… I was a big fan of the original Tron and I can remember waiting anxiously for its release as it was a film for my people, video gamers. Ever since the release of the Tron 2.0 video game there have been rumors of a sequel and Disney was reportedly interested in the possibility. Now word . . . → Read More: A sequel to “Tron” comes a step closer to reality. I don’t play pen and paper role playing games much these days, but I used to be quite into them during my teenage years and like a lot of gamers I cut my teeth on the venerable Advanced Dungeons and Dragons game. Countless were the hours that our group of friends spent gathered around a . . . → Read More: “Dungeons and Dragon’s Fourth Edition” due early next year. I graduated from high school in 1985 and some of the fondest memories I have from my teen years are the hours misspent hanging out at the local arcade. So it goes without saying that I got all nostalgic when I came across the following computer generated recreation of a classic 80’s mall arcade: The . . . → Read More: “Arcade ‘84” brings back the memories. In a day and age when adventure games now look like this: Click for a bigger pic! It can be easy to forget it all started with games like this: Click to play! That’s right you snot-nosed punk-ass kids. The above is what we actually spent our allowances on when we wanted an adventure . . . → Read More: Nostalgia time: Play Atari 2600 “Adventure” in your web browser. |
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