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The Amazing 1979 Song About Computer Games
5If this decades-old love letter to video games from the antipodes was to your liking, you should probably watch this, the video Space Invaders, by Aussie band Player One. Even if you hate the song, it’s an incredible clip. Funnily enough, this was also a big hit in 1980, Australia obviously in the grip of…
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An Odyssey Of Murder, Sorrow, And Peril
On March 24, 2007, 22-year-old Lindsay Hawker went to a cafe with a man she had met only days earlier, Tatsuya Ichihashi, then 28. Ichihashi had approached her on the train and then followed Hawker home, asking her for a drink of water. She acquiesced.
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The One Game To Play On The Fourth Of July
Not being American, I have no personal affinity towards 4th of July celebrations. If I were, though, you can bet your arse I’d be spending the day playing Sid Meier’s Colonization over and over and over again.
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The Future Of Sports Doesn’t Seem Set In Motion
I have this silly daydream of a Kinect-enabled baseball game. In it, you can call for your runner to steal by going through the signals of a third-base coach. Then touch the cap, touch the belt, touch the letters, indicator, sign, corners of the mouth, batter-up fists, clap, let’s go.