Morning Dose of A Brief History of Video Games
Balloon Fight man, Balloon Fight. via, the verge
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The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses
A four part symphony coming soon to a city near you.
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The Evolution of 8-Bit Art
Awesome. “Beginning with early Atari and Nintendo video games, the 8-bit aesthetic has been a part of our culture for over 30 years. As it moved through the generations, 8-bit earned its independence...
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For When You Feel Like Classing Up Your Video Game Room
Analogue Interactive’s Neo Geo VMVS arcade system
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A Proper Eulogy For The Wii
With the Wii U being announced this Thursday, Stephen Totilo writes a proper farewell to the old Wii over on Kotaku. My favorite Wii memory was when I used to work at Condé Nast and tried...
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Relevant Reading
Did Blowing into Nintendo Cartridges Really Help? (You bet it did) via, @kottke
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Coin Sound
Now you can play this and many other tunes from Super Mario Bros. on the piano.
View Article50 Attempts At Speech In Early Videogames
Was hoping to see Wild Gunman in there, but no. via, complex
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GTA Radio
The android app to make i0s users jealous “Listen to radio stations from GTA III, GTA Vice City, GTA Liberty City Stories, GTA Vice City Stories, GTA San Andreas and GTA IV.” via, kotaku
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Dikembe Mutombo’s 4 1/2 Weeks to Save the World
Sure, it’s advertising masked as an 8-bit internet game, but the details are so spot on (voiceover and cursor finger, for instance) that we can overlook that.
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Printables*
For Amusement Only: The Life and Death of the American Arcade by Laura June *this one’s not printable
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Kaboom
Atari’s U.S. Operations File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in a move to become independent from their French parent company.
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