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Smoke Retro With Namco’s Game Zippo Lighters
10:40AM Michael McWhertor | Namco Bandai’s Zippo lighters may not hold a candle to similar — OK, far superior — recent combustible offerings from Sega, but if you’re a huge Xevious fan, Banpresto has a lighter for you, buddy. More »
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Duck Hunt Mastery Does Not Prepare Man For Real Thing
8:00AM Stephen Totilo | You may debate whether some video games train people to commit real acts of aggression. A Canadian newspaperman provides evidence that Duck Hunt is capable of no such feat. More »
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Toki The Simian Spit ‘Em Up Platformer Getting Remake
10:20AM Michael McWhertor | Toki, the 1989 arcade platformer featuring a monkey with impressive spitting skills, is getting a high-definition remake for Xbox Live Arcade and PC via young French development studio Golgoth. More »
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Retro Meets Rap In Pato Pooh’s “Follow Me”
7:20AM Mike Fahey | Swedish hip hop artist Pato Pooh leaves no 8-bit game untouched in this amazing video for his latest track “Follow Me”. More »
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2:00PM David Wildgoose | Time was, nearly every game was 2D. Side-scrolling or top-down view, the vast majority of games from the ’70s, ’80s and early ’90s depicted a two-dimensional play area. But since the proliferation of 3D games, 2D has become a dirty word. Why? More »
Why Do We Look Down On 2D Games?
2:00PM David Wildgoose | Time was, nearly every game was 2D. Side-scrolling or top-down view, the vast majority of games from the ’70s, ’80s and early ’90s depicted a two-dimensional play area. But since the proliferation of 3D games, 2D has become a dirty word. Why? More » 
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NES Controller Flash Drive Secured By Konami Code
10:00AM Owen Good | The list of NES case- and controller-mods we’ve seen covers just about everything imaginable, but Joe from the modder site Proto Dojo goes one better – making a USB drive unlockable by the Konami Code. More »
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Street Fighter, Rendered In 15 Pixels
6:00AM Owen Good | What? Don’t tell me you can’t see it, too? The U.K. games festival Gamecity recently commissioned this and two other works – iconic games animated with just 15 pixels. More »
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Princess Peach In A Kimono! Nintendo’s Kyoto Event
5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Over the weekend in Kyoto, Nintendo participated in the Kyoto Cross Media Experience 2009. There were demo kiosks as well as an exhibit about Nintendo video game history, dating 1983-2009. More »
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