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Uwe Boll vs. Steven Spielberg

I would call this David vs. Goliath, but really, it’s more like one of the tripods from War of the Worlds vs…uh… Uwe Boll. In case you don’t know who this Boll fellow is, he is a German director of what I might hesitantly call ‘movies.’ Most of his films are adaptations of [...]

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“Left Behind will save us!
-So the Pentagon is now supporting video games. No, not Grand Theft Auto. Not Manhunt 2. Not even Super Mario Brothers. No, our military is supporting “faith-based” entertainment. Faith-based, despite the George Michael reference, is wholly religious, and the game they are supporting is Left [...]

Reasons for Fall of Communism #162: Their video games sucked.

From Wired.
The Lost Arcade Games of the Soviet UnionAlexander Zaitchik See related story: Soviet-Era Arcade Games Crawl Out of Their Cold War Graves06.07.07 | 2:00 AMStick It to MeIn Gorodki, the stick is aimed by moving the joystick left and right. The “throw” button, or brosok, is on top in red. The goal is [...]