karateka
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This ‘Playable Documentary’ About A 1984 Classic Is One Of The Year’s Best Games
The Making of Karateka sets a new standard in making-of documentaries, a game that is itself a document of production and creative thought.
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Gaming App Of The Day: Karateka Makes A Fun But Flawed Return
The original version of Karateka launched on an Apple II two decades ago and helped show that video game design could deliver idiosyncratic, narrative experiences . Back then, both Apple and video games where in their toddler stage, stumbling around trying to figure out what they could do.
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A Letter From One Gaming Legend To Another
Before John Romero co-created Doom he was just a kid. A very smart kid. When he was a teenager, he wrote a letter to Jordan Mechner, a very smart man who made a game young John Romero liked very much.