For children of the 1980s, the arcade holds a unique and holy place in our hearts. Oh how many countless hours I spent at New England Grand Prix (RIP), endlessly pumping quarters into Dragon’s Lair, Spy Hunter, Gauntlet, Super Sprint, Cyberball, Crystal Castles, Smash TV, Punch Out, et al like crackheads in the dark, inhaling […]

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These remind me of those old school glasses they’d give away in the 80s from Burger King and McDonalds, you remember those? Every summer BK and McD’s would battle over whichever movie license was cooler that year, and then put out some amazing drinking glasses for kids to endlessly barter over (the Empire Strikes Back […]

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13 Apr
Animation, Read / Look / Listen, Video
Pixels Destroy New York City
Frogger, Space Invaders and Donkey Kong get their ravage on

This video is just too rad for words. Sure, others have played aplenty with 8bit art, but the execution of this Pixels video is immaculate, and I love the ingenuity of Frogger, Space Invaders, Tetris, Arkanoid and of course Donkey Kong wreaking havoc on the fair denizens of New York City (did you catch the […]

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