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‘A Christmas Carol’ Video Game Due Out This Fall

June 10th, 2009 · No Comments

We’ve only seen a bit of Robert Zemeckis ‘ A Christmas Carol , but in those few seconds we witnessed the promise of all this motion capture stuff. Still haven’t perfected the eyes, and I have a feeling [...]

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dorkyearbook: It’s Jaie, y’all! “The worse part is having to…

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

dorkyearbook : It’s Jaie , y’all! “The worse part is having to play your new Atari by yourself on Christmas morning because no one would play with you. That poor lonely joystick just sitting there…”
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Christmas with Pac-Man - The Strangest Holiday Yet

January 29th, 2009 · No Comments

During this time of year I like to reflect on the holidays of my youth; when Pac-Mom, Pac-Dad and Pac-Baby would gather together, roast Power Pellets on an open fire…
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FRED CLAUS: A Late Holiday Review

January 1st, 2009 · No Comments

If one were to limit themselves to Christmas films released in the 90s and early 2000s as the foundation for judging the merits of Christmas movies as a genre, one would have found them wanting. Very few of the movies are classics. Crass commercial pieces like Jingle All the Way, misguided narratives like Jack [...]

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SparkFun’s LED coffee table

September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

SparkFun’s LED coffee table If this table sells this Christmas I bet you there would be so many who’d line-up for it (maybe not like how the iPhone sells).   It’s the classic Pong Game for 4 players and all in LED.  This design by SparkFun Electronics.  Took them a [...]

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“Lady Love” – or “Oh, What a Night…”

August 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Homecoming It was pretty late as I followed my mom and ten-year old sister Lynne through the back door into the kitchen. We’d just returned to our home in southeastern New Hampshire after driving the hour and a quarter north from Boston’s Logan Airport. Overhead, I could hear the clatter of Lady’s nails across [...]

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[E3 2008] What’s Cooking? With Jamie Oliver announced

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

[E3 2008] What’s Cooking? With Jamie Oliver announced Posted in Screens, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, Nintendo DS, Games by Andrew Macarthy on July 16th, 2008 at 16:20 After the success of Cooking Mama and Can’t Decide What to Eat?, it looks like culinary simulators are going to take off in the same way that [...]

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Jamie Oliver’s Obesity Fearmongering Reaches New Lows

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Just in time for Christmas, Atari is set to launch a Jamie Oliver cooking game. It’ll celebrate Oliver, “a phenomenon in the world of food… [who is] one of the world’s best-loved television personalities and one of Britain’s most famous exports.” But that’s not all Oliver is. He’s also a tremendously wealthy prattling twit [...]

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Things To Do In San Diego: June 26-29, 2008

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Thursday, June 26, 2008: The Album Leaf, Calico Horse, Manuok@ Belly UpThe Hectors, Happy Hollows @ Beauty BarBB King @ San Diego County Fair’Sights and Sounds’ feat. Scarlet Symphony, She Flies, Alex Chiu, art, food and more @ Bamboo Lounge Kill Me Tomorrow, Crocodiles, Christmas Island @ Tower BarMusical Pursuit Trivia w/ Adam Gimbel @ [...]

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