nostalgia
I think I spent most of my childhood -- and a large part of my life as a young adult -- desperately wishing I was in a video game arcade. When I finally obtained my driver's license, my first thought wasn't about the girls I would
gaming
I couldn't resist [http://themot.org/gallery/d/58721-1/pacmanchart.png]. In the innocent era of 8-bit arcades, you made characters female by adding a cute little pixelated red bow. Just like in Ms. Sawhorse Detective [http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=2305&p=20].
retro gaming
I sometimes go by the handle "Wumpus" online. It's part of my personal brand [https://blog.codinghorror.com/your-personal-brand/], just like Coding Horror is [https://blog.codinghorror.com/on-the-meaning-of-coding-horror/]. Why? It was one of my formative computing experiences on the first "real" computer I
arcade gaming
After two weeks of non-stop tweaking, I think my MAME Cocktail arcade is finally complete. I created a MAME cocktail project page documenting everything I’ve done so far with lots of pictures and links to the products I used, and the rationales behind the choices I made. Most of
arcade gaming
After years of resistance, I finally buckled. I ordered a 3-way MAME cocktail arcade kit: Over the last few years, the homebrew arcade market has spawned a number of businesses specializing in prefab cabinets – think IKEA meets MAME. They ship you the cabinet in a large box, and you assemble
retro gaming
When it comes to gifts for geeks, you can’t go wrong with the plug-and-go classic home videogame emulators. Relative obscurities two years ago, they seem to be wildly popular now. Many of the most influential home console videogame systems are now represented at Wal-Mart and Target: * Commodore 64 * Intellivision