Monthly Archives: September 2009

Laser Tag: A History

Texas businessman George Carter, inspired by the laser fights in Star Wars, opened the first Photon arcade in Dallas in 1984. The smoke, the lights, the sound effects, the receptors that recorded hits – it was totally awesome. Photon arenas … Continue reading

Great Video Game Music: Battletoads (Surf City)

Over the next few weeks I will be scouring the retro gaming scene for the best video game music. Ah Battletoads (1991), another great game with great music! I love all the music in the original battletoads game on the … Continue reading

Circus Atari Wallpaper

Circus Atari for the Atari 2600 was a fun little twist on the standard Breakout/Space Invaders formula. Can you juggle your clowns with a teeter-totter and pop all the red balloons? Circus Atari has its detractors, but in my house … Continue reading

The ULTIMATE gaming console

And I always thought it was a little person inside of R2. Guess I was wrong.

Jello Swirl Commercial

Nothing worse then when your psycho babysitter won’t let you eat your Jello Swirl. Am I right? My questions is why the kid is so fearful of this silent babysitter? My guess is that she has done dark horrible things … Continue reading