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Floppy Drives Are Only Good For Playing Daft Punk Music Now

Casey Chan 12 May 2013 1:00 PM

Can you remember the last time you used a floppy disk? I really don’t. I’m assuming it was some time in elementary school bringing a single Word document in a computer class or something. Maybe I’m making that up. Whatever, it doesn’t matter. Floppy drives don’t matter anymore. Unless they’re being used to make music.

14 April 2013

Gaming

This Ultimate Retro Gaming Machine Contains Hardware From 15 Consoles

Logan Booker 14 April 2013 1:30 PM

“Project Unity” is a retro-gamer’s dream machine. Forget about emulators, this thing is constructed using parts from 15 consoles, including a PS2, Sega Master System, Dreamcast and Atari 7800. The unassuming box is, undeniably, an ingenious feat of engineering and raw awesome.

17 February 2013

Software

Original Adobe Photoshop Source Code Released, May Be A Little Dusty

Logan Booker 17 February 2013 1:30 PM

The earliest version of Photoshop I ever used was 6.0, so ignoring the general familiarity of the Mac user interface, the very first iteration of the program is somewhat alien. Previously, one could only imagine how the guts of it compare to CS6, but now that the source has been released, anyone is free to dissect this digital relic.

20 January 2013

Geek Out

In 1902, Arsenic Did Wonders For Your Complextion, According To This Old Catalogue

Logan Booker 20 January 2013 1:30 PM

We’ve all heard horror stories of products that were sold back in the day. For me, radium will always be the stupidest supplement ever advertised, but “Dr. Rose’s French Arsenic Complexion Wafers” above, come a close second. The first words of the advertisement declare it as “completely harmless”. Oh boy…

20 October 2012

Gaming

These 50 Attempts At Speech In Classic Video Games Actually Sound Pretty Good

Andrew Liszewski 20 October 2012 5:30 PM

If you spent most of a mid-80s childhood planted in front of a video game console, a supercut created by the folks at Jest is about to cause a stirring audio flashback. It’s a compilation of 50 clips featuring incredibly brief attempts at speech in classic video games. Given the limitations of the cartridges, the audio is still kind of impressive.

11 October 2012

Geek Out

This Tower Of VHS Tapes Looks Like A Shrine To Some Dark Lord Of TV

Jesus Diaz 11 October 2012 8:30 PM

Italian artist Lorenzo Durantini made this 1.5-metre tall tower from his collection of 2,216 VHS tapes. It looks like a shrine to the TV demons. Or, if you believe that TV makes you stupid, a monolith that turns people to monkeys on touch. Unless these are all 2001 tapes.

26 September 2012

Advertisement LunchTimeWaster: Pong

Ah Pong. The father of games, the granddaddy of them all. Where it all began, the start of something special, the birth of video games as we know them — please stop me if you’re getting bored — the game that started a revolution, the one where… alright, I’ve ran out of clichés. It’s Pong. One of the first games ever made. And now you can play it at the new Atari Arcade from within your browser — complete with HTML5, multi-touch and multiplayer support in Internet Explorer 10. It also works great in Internet Explorer 9 on a Windows 7 PC, or any other modern browser.

24 September 2012

Advertisement LunchTimeWaster: Super Breakout

The original Breakout may actually rank as one of the most cloned games ever made. Super Breakout is not a clone, it’s a proper sequel, and it’s so good that you’ll find brand new games created today that follow its timeless template. Now you can play it at the new Atari Arcade from within your browser — complete with HTML5 and multi-touch support in Internet Explorer 10. It also works great in Internet Explorer 9 on a Windows 7 PC, or any other modern browser.

19 September 2012

Advertisement LunchTimeWaster: Combat

Combat was actually one of the nine launch titles for the Atari 2600 when it arrived all the way back in 1977, so it’s only fitting that it made the cut for our LunchtimeWaster Atari series. Combat was an insanely varied game for its time, boasting 27 games in one. Now you can play it at the new Atari Arcade from within your browser — complete with HTML5, multi-touch and multiplayer support in Internet Explorer 10. It also works great in Internet Explorer 9 on a Windows 7 PC, or any other modern browser.

17 September 2012

Advertisement LunchTimeWaster: Centipede

Centipede was released in 1981 and, interestingly enough, was one of the first games to be co-designed by a woman, Dona Bailey. We love this quote from her, about the game: “I always thought it was really beautiful, like a shimmering jewel when you walked into the arcade.” Wow. Now you can play it at the new Atari Arcade from within your browser — complete with HTML5, multi-touch and multiplayer support in Internet Explorer 10. It also works great in any other modern browser.

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