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Fairchild Channel F

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:08:28 GMT

If I only knew where our old one was.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Channel_F

GTAIV - Naked Gun Edition

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:58:32 GMT

Spoof of the spoof.

Link: http://www.gamesradar.com/video/v-2008060611222593060

Cracking open the Atari 2600

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 18 May 2008 01:47:03 GMT

An inside view of the classic system.

Link: http://www.news.com/2300-1043_3-6239426-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg

Fake Atari 2600 Games

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:52:55 GMT

Link: http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/04/21/fun-from-yesterday/

Pontiac SpyHunter

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:32:11 GMT

I am quite envious of the Rockband team

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:36:29 GMT

If only all software projects glorified their engineers with credits like these.

Marc Whitten apologizes for XBOX LIVE performance over the holidays

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:55:54 GMT

Cites record increase in users, and offers free arcade download.

Link: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/live/serviceissue.htm

Ars Technica on the state of gaming in 2007

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:19:19 GMT

Rockband declared the greatest game of the year.

Link: http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/2007-games-review.ars

Crayon Physics Deluxe

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:58:29 GMT

Another fresh take on game interactivity.

Link: http://www.kloonigames.com/crayon/

Wii head tracking

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:19:18 GMT

I so want to see some games based on this concept.

Hand Bell Hero

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:51:51 GMT

The Flash game.

Link: http://www.vml.com/handbellhero/

63% of Americans now play video games

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:31:35 GMT

Link: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071212-report-63-percent-of-us-population-now-plays-video-games.html

EVE Online deletes people's BOOT.INI files

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:40:55 GMT

People still have BOOT.INI files? What is this, 1990?

Link: http://myeve.eve-online.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=526

Quilted Galaga

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:28:25 GMT

For pixelated quilters.

Link: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/12/galaga_quilt.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890

Objectivism in 'The Incredibles' and 'Bioshock'

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:48:55 GMT

Ayn Rand gets a workout.

Link: http://nomorequo.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-does-bioshock-have-in-common-with.html

1Up supports its fellow game reviewers

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:29:51 GMT

By standing outside the offices of GameSpot, who controversially just fired Jeff Gerstmann, with giant cardboard signs.

Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/the1upshow/2076639465/

Hunt the Wumpus

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:44:35 GMT

Play online.

Link: http://www.ifiction.org/games/play.phpz?cat=&game=249&mode=html

The 10 Most Important Games Ever

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:30:42 GMT

Of the “video” variety.

Link: http://www.trustedreviews.com/gaming/review/2007/11/28/The-10-Most-Important-Games-Ever/p1

The bottom-up and top-down approaches to game design

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:35:19 GMT

Link: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2129/game_design_cognition_the_.php

Rise of the Video Game

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:02:51 GMT

The Discovery Channel has put together a five part series. Looks interesting.

Link: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/video-game/about/about.html

There really was cake

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:17:00 GMT

If you haven’t played Portal, I suspect this makes little sense.

New Ghostbusters game footage

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:43:33 GMT

Whoa, whoa, whoa — nice shootin’ Tex.

Link: http://news.filefront.com/first-look-at-gameplay-footage-for-ghostbusters-game/

Halo 3 Global Heatmaps

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:08:32 GMT

Where were all the frags happening? Bungie has maps.

Link: http://www.bungie.net/online/HeatMaps.aspx?map=300&wep=0&kd=0

Frag by flying Mongoose in Halo

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:26:44 GMT

The music in this video is a bit much, but the content is pretty amazing — though I don’t think the “flying Mongoose” is exactly a high-percentage weapon.

What to play?

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:08:24 GMT

Mass Effect and Rockband will both be released at the end of the month. Guitar Hero 3 is already out in the wild, I haven’t yet finished Halo 3, and the online play inside The Orange Box is something I’d love to get my hands on.

So many games, so little time.

Bioshock halloween

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:42:28 GMT

Ah, bonding. It’s a great costume actually, see footage from the game if you don’t know what you’re seeing.

This couple’s costumes are most excellent as well.

Link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YEqZkglTVYE

The Atari 2600 is thirty years old

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:17:07 GMT

My first console. Sniff.

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/01/happy-30th-birthday-atari-2600/

Armada 2525

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:49:16 GMT

This was a fantastic game.

Link: http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?gameid=66

Slash battle

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:57:48 GMT

(Jaw drop.) I do not believe it is possible for someone to play Guitar Hero at that level.

Hendrix Guitar Hero-Style

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:36:12 GMT

This is an awesome t-shirt.

Link: http://nerdyshirts.com/men-nerdyshirts/the-guitar-hero-men

Top 5 tower defense games

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:25:51 GMT

One of my favorite strategy-styles has to be castle building.

Link: http://www.just-whatever.com/2007/06/04/top-5-tower-defense-games/

Ghostbusters for the C64

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 12 May 2007 06:09:35 GMT

My brother and I played this game for hours at a time. Buy some equipment, hook up your car, drive around, and catch ghosts — great formula.

(Apparently there’s a remake, but I haven’t tried it myself.)

Wing Commander

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:38:29 GMT

They’re making a new Wing Commander? For the 360?

Link: http://www.wcnews.com/news/update/7680/

The Go! Team

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:13:46 GMT

I bought The Go! Team’s Thunder, Lightning, Strike immediately when I heard it (and I admit I’m one of those people who rarely buys whole albums). Here, it’s just fun to see them set their music to ghosties chasing Ms. Pacman through the streets of Manhattan.