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Pluto is No Longer a Planet - Commodore Needs to Issue an Update!
Visible Solar System (Commodore, 1982) for the C-64: Screenshot from www.lemon64.comWell, the final decision has been handed down and Pluto is no longer a planet to the chagrin of many and to the...
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Thinking about the Ultimate Controller
Although Nintendo fanboys like to act like the Wii's new remote controller is only a wee bit short of a revolution (sorry, couldn't resist), the real future seems to lie in something a bit more...
View ArticleR.I.P. Mr Wizard
I'm sure I'm not the only Armchair Arcader mourning the loss of Mr. Wizard today. Though his early shows were before my time, I did watch him frequently on Nickelodeon, and was always fascinated to...
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Close-Up Look at Mercury
Here's some pretty incredible news for space buffs--close-ups of Mercury, one of the most puzzling objects in our solar system. You can learn more at Space.com and of course Nasa.gov. I guess it'd be...
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A Reflection on Hero Worship (Danger, One of My Occasional Off Topic Musings!)
With the mashup video for Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot making the rounds on the Internet today - much to my delight - I was reflecting a bit on who I viewed throughout the years as what might be referred...
View ArticleMatt Chat 60: X-Com, UFO Defense
Hi, Armchair Arcaders! Kick back in those armchairs and watch a new episode of Matt Chat on the Armchair Arcade Television Network (AATN for short). Even on Antsy the Aardvark would like this one....
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Playing Videogames DOES make you smarter! (New scientific evidence)
Well, this is certainly nothing new for those of us who spend a lot of time indulging in our favorite hobby, but some cognitive scientists at the University of Rochester have finally confirmed it:...
View ArticlePlaying Pac-Man with Living Beings
This is a pretty weird but potentially cool experiment: Pac-Mecium. As you can see in the video, the idea is to super-impose a gameboard over a collection of paramecium, who you can move around to play...
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Matt's Queue: Everybody Loves DRM
It's Matt's queue. Hey, all. Everybody settle down now. Geez, quit clapping already...La la la. Okay, thank you, thank you. Now let's get started.All Age Verification Tests Should Be Like This. This is...
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Brain in Vat Happy to Test All Day
Introducing the PS4.It's Friday! Let's see what's in the queue.Not so good news for Sony fans. Apparently, Sony will be slashing budgets for its next-gen PlayStation. Did they really invest that much...
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