Video stores and arcades. We used to love them. Now they are gone. Check this out.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Monday, June 1, 2015
The crap in your husband's man cave might be worth something
Dear Retrogeeker wives,
When your hubby finally kicks it, and you're just dying to get rid of all that crap he's accumulated, have someone in the know, perhaps his best surviving friend, evaluate the junk before you haul it off to goodwill.
Read: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200,000; mystery woman stands to get half
Rare Apple 1 donated in a junk box
Love, Kato
PS - I know this post is sexist or something for addressing retrogeeker wives without including husbands of female retrogeekers, same-sex marriage. Please just assume everyone is included.
PPS - for more on the early days of Apple and the Apple 1, don't miss this retelling by the founders themselves. It'll have you singing:
When your hubby finally kicks it, and you're just dying to get rid of all that crap he's accumulated, have someone in the know, perhaps his best surviving friend, evaluate the junk before you haul it off to goodwill.
Read: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200,000; mystery woman stands to get half
Rare Apple 1 donated in a junk box
Love, Kato
PS - I know this post is sexist or something for addressing retrogeeker wives without including husbands of female retrogeekers, same-sex marriage. Please just assume everyone is included.
PPS - for more on the early days of Apple and the Apple 1, don't miss this retelling by the founders themselves. It'll have you singing:
Apple II forever. Bringing the rainbow to you.
Had enough? No? Well then, here the full Apple ][ Forever extended mix, culled from the IIc launch event.
Monday, March 2, 2015
The true story of the videogame craze – according to channel 7 news
Next time your mom picks you and your friends up from the mall after a 4-player Gauntlet marathon, she will inevitably ask "What are these videogames all about?" No longer must you strain your brain translating this cultural phenomenon to mom-speak; channel 7 in Los Angeles has got you covered with a complete primer for adults. KABC 7 reports on the true story of arcade games from the perspective of game manufacturers, the industry's existence validated by its massive intake of coinage.
Lest you think this series is unbalanced, it also provides hard-hitting investigation of arcade dangers - both the potential for physical injury as well as psychological addiction. Join Tawny Little and Jack Mittle on a truly bizarre exploration of the 80's generation's favorite past time.
Lest you think this series is unbalanced, it also provides hard-hitting investigation of arcade dangers - both the potential for physical injury as well as psychological addiction. Join Tawny Little and Jack Mittle on a truly bizarre exploration of the 80's generation's favorite past time.
Join Tawny Little and Jack Mittle on a truly bizarre exploration of the 80's generation's favorite past time.
Monday, January 5, 2015
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