Monthly Archives: June 2009

Hackers and the Beautiful System

Posted on June 30, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Hackers and the Beautiful System On the heels of Steve’s wonderful post on the joys of being a creative programmer, we get an idiotic Infoworld post on why American programmers are so bad…because they are hackers? I like to think … Continue reading →

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A Personal Journey To Find The “Meaning” Of Software Development

Posted on June 30, 2009 by 8bit_admin

I believe that I was born to be a computer programmer. Somewhere, deep in my soul, there is a need to organize my thoughts in ways that are both new and interesting, but also foundational and reusable at the same … Continue reading →

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Time Warner Interactive , Midway: The Soul Of Atari Might Still Be Alive…

Posted on June 28, 2009 by 8bit_admin

I just read this news story that Time Warner Interactive is planning to buy Midway Games. This would stand as just another boring game industry story for me, if it was not for the “Atari” connection. You see Atari was bought … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Michael Jackson: Remember His Video Game

Posted on June 25, 2009 by 8bit_admin

I suppose you could call this “gallows humor”.  I actually liked much of Michael Jackson’s early 80′s output, so I’m fairly sad to see that he could not turn himself around.  Anyway, this “Moonwalker” Game came out at just about the … Continue reading →

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Favorite Video / Computer Soccer (Football) game of all time

Posted on June 25, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Favorite Video / Computer Soccer (Football) game of all time In support of the USA’s remarkable 2-0 win over the vaunted powerful Spanish side in today’s Confederation Cup semifinal, I wanted to up the quiz anti with a poll of … Continue reading →

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Quiz: Can You Name These Classic Computer Games From Their Old-School Reviews (#1)

Posted on June 23, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Quiz: Can You Name These Classic Computer Games From Their Old-School Reviews (#1) In this quiz we will give you a few lines of a review from a classic computer and/or video game. Your job: Name The Game.  Leave a … Continue reading →

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Kyobi added to the 8bitrocket Arcade Showcase as Hall Of Fame Gold Medal Recipient

Posted on June 22, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Kyobi added to the 8bitrocket Arcade Showcase as Hall Of Fame Gold Medal Recipient Richard Davey(Photonstorm)’s retro-remixed, physics based puzzler, Kyobi, has been added to the 8bitrocket Retro Arcade Showcase as a Gold Medal Winner. It joins just 6 other … Continue reading →

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Interview with PhotonStorm’s Richard Davey

Posted on June 22, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Interview with PhotonStorm’s Richard Davey Richard Davey has created some excellent games for the freelance Flash portal market in the past year including (but not limited to) Kyobi and Abominaball. Both has been featured in our Hall of Fame Arcade … Continue reading →

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…palindromes… re-revisited or I love mindjolt.com

Posted on June 21, 2009 by 8bit_admin

So, just as I have given-up on …palidromes…, mindjolt.com put it up a couple days ago, and the game plays have gone through the roof.  It has averaged 45,000 each of the past few days.  I knew the old girl … Continue reading →

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Interview With Simon From Game Jacket

Posted on June 19, 2009 by 8bit_admin

A short interview with Simon from GameJacket was recently posted by FlashGameMontezation Very interesting: Badim: 1k$ Advance – it was good or bad thing? at least in short-term(few months-1 year) Simon: When GameJacket first went live in February ’08, we … Continue reading →

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Cool Stop-Motion Video Game Tribute That You Probably Have Seen But I Have Not (until today)

Posted on June 18, 2009 by 8bit_admin

I was searching the Indiecade Web site for some kind of interesting story, and I came across this awesome stop-motion film by Pez. Watch Centipede, Frogger, Asteroids, Space invaders and Pac-Man all re-made with household objects. Brilliant! I may be … Continue reading →

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Post-Retro: Have We Entered The Era After “Retro Games”?

Posted on June 17, 2009 by 8bit_admin

There is a sense these days that the concept of “Retro” games is disappearing. This does not mean that there are no retro inspired games being made, but it means that “retro” has been enveloped into the mainstream, and “retro” … Continue reading →

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Flash indie game interweb-mash-up : June 17, 2009

Posted on June 17, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Flash indie game interweb-mash-up : June 17, 2009 I was on vacation last week, so I missed doing one of these (well, I wouldn’t say I missed it, but I didn’t get a chance to do one). I was on … Continue reading →

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.+.palindromes.+. launches on Mochi, first entry in Dictionary.com word game contest

Posted on June 16, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Last week I noticed that Mochi is running a new contest in partnership with dictionary.com for “word games”.  Since I just released “…palindromes…” two months ago, I thought hat maybe I could get it into the contest.  I emailed Andrew Shen at Mochimedia, … Continue reading →

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E3: Gaming Cameras For Motion Control: Have They Really Thought This Through?

Posted on June 12, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Both Microsoft and Sony announced camera-based game control solutions at E3 2009.  At the same time, Nintendo has said they rejected this kind of technology years ago in favor of the Wii-mote. Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President said recently: “Until they say … Continue reading →

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Game Jacket Goes Under

Posted on June 11, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Game Jacket Goes Under I am sad to report that Game Jacket has gone under and all games will cease being hosted today. It seems they were not able to get a new round of funding and had to close … Continue reading →

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Mad Avenue Blues: The eCPM Is Low For Everyone!

Posted on June 8, 2009 by 8bit_admin

This video has been making the rounds of people in the advertising industry since it was posted last week. It’s focus is the Madison Avenue advertising industry, but many of the topics included should be very familar to viral Flash … Continue reading →

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Book Review: American Nerd, The Story Of My People by Benjamin Nugent

Posted on June 7, 2009 by 8bit_admin

I did not think that I would write a review of this book.   I start reading dozens of books like “American Nerd” ,but in all honestly, it is the rare one that I actually finish.  Even though I am a … Continue reading →

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1984 Computer Chronicles TV Show Video on Computer Games

Posted on June 6, 2009 by 8bit_admin

1984 Computer Chronicles TV Show Video on Computer Games This rare video from USA public television chronicles the state of home computer games in 1984. Games included – Steve Kitchen’s Atari 2600 game Space Shuttle (Activision) + Interview with Steve. … Continue reading →

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E3 2009 Indie Game Report #3 – Indiecade 2009

Posted on June 5, 2009 by 8bit_admin

E3 2009 Indie Game Report #3 – Indiecade 2009 One of the best things at this years’ E3 was Indiecade 2009 preview.  Indiecade is a group that puts on events to showcase and promote independent games and indie game developers. … Continue reading →

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E3 2009 Flash Game Developmwent Report #1: GP32X Wiz Flash Support

Posted on June 4, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Possibly, the coolest thing we saw at E3 this year was in a tiny booth manned by single person, tucked away in the corner of the South Hall at the Los Angeles Convention center.  In that booth, we saw the … Continue reading →

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E3 Retro / Indie Report #2

Posted on June 3, 2009 by 8bit_admin

E3 Retro / Indie Report #2 What can I say? So far, E3 2009 has been a little underwhelming. Most of the big companies are here except Atari (other than the Ghost Busters car and some people dressed up in … Continue reading →

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E3 Retro Report #1: Watch Steve Wiebe Try To Break The Donkey Kong World Record

Posted on June 2, 2009 by 8bit_admin

You can keep-up on Steve Wiebe attempt to break the donkey Kong World Record with the video feed below. Watch live video from G4TV – Steve Wiebe Donkey Kong Cam on Justin.tv

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