Deceptively simple yet deeply engaging gameplay
Tetris is one of the most enduring and influential video games of all time, known for its deceptively simple yet deeply engaging gameplay. The game revolves around guiding falling tetrominoes—geometric shapes composed of four square blocks—into a well, clearing lines when they are completely filled. Players must rotate and move these pieces strategically to avoid stacking too high, as the game speeds up progressively.
Players control a small, gnome-like character, called the Bug Blaster.
Centipede is a classic arcade video game that was released in 1981 by Atari, designed by Ed Logg and Dona Bailey. It is often regarded as one of the pioneering examples of the shoot ’em up genre. In Centipede, players control a small, gnome-like character, called the Bug Blaster, tasked with defending a garden of mushrooms from waves of descending insects, including the iconic segmented centipede.
This was the first dedicated video game magazine co-founded by Bill Kunkel, Joyce Worley, and Arnie Katz. The first issue was released in October of 1981 and ran until April 1985. They had met writing the “Arcade Alley” column, which ran from 1979 – 1984, in Video Magazine. This was the beginning of video game reviews and they gave them the depth that had not been considered before.
There are lots of songs about lots of subjects, but I thought I’d try to come up with some related to little green men and spaceships traveling to and from other planets. They used to be referred to as UFOs, not UAPs, but whatever you call them they are fun to talk/sing about.
September the 12th is National Video Games Day!
Despite launching almost four decades ago, Space Invaders remains one of the most recognizable shooter arcade games. It even kicked off what is now called the Golden Age of Arcades, a period of history spanning the late 70s to mid-80s.
x,y position indicator for a display system
In 1967, the patent was filed for the first mouse, calling it an “x,y position indicator for a display system.” The patent was awarded in 1970. Douglas Engelbart (January 30, 1925 – July 2, 2013) conceived the mouse while attending a conference on computer graphics, where he started thinking about how to improve interactive computing.
I watched the 1985 Warner Bros. Pictures comedy/adventure movie “The Goonies” on AMC. The Goon Docks are about to be foreclosed on. The neighborhood kids (Goonies) end up looking for a treasure to save the day. They find a map in the attic and are off on their bicycles and into the hands of an evil Mom who, with her son, had broken her other son out of prison. They also have a secret chained up in the abandoned restaurant they all end up in. It’s kinda like the Stranger Things kids in the Temple of Doom, with some Pirates of the Caribbean mixed in.
They hide a message, image or feature hidden in a video game, film or some other electronic (usually) medium.
No, not that kind! Here we’re talking about those that describe a message, image or feature hidden in a video game, film or some other electronic (usually) medium.
