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Black Friday: deals cause total carnage
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Sun, 30/11/08 – 23:09 | Comments

When I was younger I worked retail, and I remember dreading the holiday season; we’d be completely busy, and customers were never ruder.  I’ve seen ads poking fun at rabid crowds trying to break down doors before stores open to get the latest deals around the holidays, and it’s always some comment about how the [...]

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Super Mario Bros voted greatest computer game ever
Tuesday, 26 Aug, 2008 – 7:42 | Comments
Super Mario Bros voted greatest computer game ever

Here’s some news that near and dear to my heart, Super Mario Bros has been voted the greatest computer game…evar! (in one poll at least) “The classic platform game was first released in 1985 and has since become one of the biggest selling ever with more than 40 million copies flying off the shelves worldwide. [...]

Study: video games good for kids
Monday, 22 May, 2006 – 19:25 | Comments
Study: video games good for kids

It’s an ongoing debate, but a recent study in the UK downplays link of video games to violence. ”Playing computer games may actually be good for children, according to a government study that found no proof that even violent games triggered aggressive behaviour. The games can improve children’s decision-making and instill ‘positive learning traits’, [...]

Quake II Universal Binary released
Friday, 12 May, 2006 – 20:39 | Comments
Quake II Universal Binary released

Anyone that knows me (or Chuck Bucket) knows that Quake II is my all time favorite online game. I can’t even imagine the time I spent playing that game, I’m just glad it didn’t come out when I was in college, because then it would have just taken over everything. As it was [...]

Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!
Tuesday, 14 Feb, 2006 – 18:14 | Comments
Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!

UPDATE: eek! That page has gone away, but never fear, the Shockwave file is still out there to enjoy, just do a Google search for smb_super_synth.swf. I found it here, here and here.
Someone has made a Flash page where you can replay all the audio from the NES (Nintendo 8-bit console) game, [...]

Will the Crash-box 360 lead to a Revolution?
Wednesday, 23 Nov, 2005 – 15:20 | Comments
Will the Crash-box 360 lead to a Revolution?

While the Xbox 360 and Playstation3 (PS3) are going to ‘redefine’ game consoles from something that can play games to something that you can also watch movies on, chat, view pictures, etc, I’ll be sticking with the company that has always focused on making games that are fun to play; Nintendo and their upcoming console [...]

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