pitfall
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Streamers Aren’t Sure What To Make Of The Classic Activision Games In Call Of Duty: WWII
There’s a place in Call of Duty: WWII‘s social space where you can play old Activision games from the 80s. It’s a cool easter egg and something that we’ve seen in past Call of Duty games, but some modern Youtube gamers couldn’t decide what to do with them.
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The Most Insane Minecart Levels In Video Games
There was a time when mines and minecarts dominated video games. If a platformer or RPG didn’t have a mine stage or a mine-themed dungeon, it wasn’t a game. We felt like mines — where actual mining was eschewed in favour of racing around on minecarts — were the most natural things in the world,…
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Pitfall Returns To Find Treasure On Your iPhone
You spent hours playing Pitfall on an Intellivision or an Atari 2600 back in the day, imprinting your impressionable brain with a fear of crocodiles that not even delicious Choco-diles snacks can’t conquer. Also you love gold. A lot.
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The Value Of Gaming And The Pitfalls Of History
After spending a week in GDC, writing posts at midnight, waking up early for meetings, gorging on omelettes with ponderous amounts of ‘cheese’ it’s good to finally be back in the office, and have the time to collect my thoughts. In hindsight GDC seemed to be the event where social gaming struck back, where iOS…