Homeopathy and the Computer Apr 12, 2008

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Tags: Homeopathy, Unfunny

The concept of homeopathic software. Why didn’t I think of this before? It’s all so easy now. Just add water.

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ROM CHECK FAIL Apr 10, 2008

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Tags: Nostalgy, Retro gaming, Reviews, Video, Video games

ROM CHECK FAIL is quite possibly the most original game I have seen in a while. That’s saying a lot considering the game is a mishmash of classic arcade and video games. The main idea is that, for example, at one moment you are playing Zelda and after a few seconds the game randomly switches to Super Mario Bros. Or Asteroids. Or Spy Hunter. While you might still be Link or the tank from Space Invaders.

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Get your act together, Mozilla Apr 01, 2008

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Tags: Firefox, Mozilla, Rants

“What do you think about the new Mozilla Addons site?”

Frankly, I think it sucks.

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Stupid Computer Ramblings (and Ikaruga) Mar 30, 2008

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Tags: Dreamcast, Ikaruga, LCD, Shmup

It only occured to me yesterday that there’s a clear benefit in that I bought a new LCD screen a while ago. I leaned on the screen and realized the screen of course rotates 90 degrees flipping the vertical and horizontal axes. For me, realizing that old feature was a revelation: it allows playing vertically scrolling shmups properly.

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Playstation 3 vs. Atari VCS Mar 28, 2008

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Tags: Atari, Demoscene, Playstation 3, PS3, Video

More demoscene stuff: a very recent PS3 demo (a real-time animation for you not in the know) and a very recent Atari VCS demo. The Atari VCS (redubbed Atari 2600) was pretty much the first game console for the masses and it was released in 1977. The Playstation 3 was released in 2006.

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