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Mavis Beacon Ate My Brain!

You may be familiar with the classic Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing [http://www.google.com/search?q=mavis+beacon+teaches+typing]* series of software from Broderbund. Well, Sega's sublime Typing of the Dead [http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=4973] is like Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing ... if

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The Game Controller Family Tree

Remember when anything you could possibly imagine could be controlled with a single stick and a single button [http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5d39/]? Trace the evolution of human interaction in video gaming from 1980 to the present through this remarkable visual game controller family tree [http://www.axess.

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What Would Blanka Do?

Sometimes you just gotta ask yourself: What Would Blanka Do? “Eventually, my nickname at school became Blanka. When I got into real fights, I even tried using some of his moves. They never worked,” said Gutierrez. “I often ask myself, what would Blanka do? I even met my wife because

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