Wednesday, February 06, 2008

80s nostalgia continued...


What movie is this from?

It was in this movie, WarGames, that I was introduced to computer modems.




Before my buddy at "The2DollarBill" criticizes me for not writing about Super Tuesday, let me say that I am very surprised that McCain is still going strong. My prediction on the Dems: Hillary gets the nomination. You heard it here first!

Monday, February 04, 2008

The 80s Revival Continues...


The 80s revival continues and its hotter than ever. Thankfully without Gary Coleman.

Indiana Jones is scheduled for release this summer, Rambo is in theaters and now Knight Rider is coming back to television on NBC!

Its fast, high octane, non-stop 80s action.

Here's my synopsis of what's coming:

A 65 year old Harrison Ford digging up ancient ruins, a 61 year old Sly Stallone fighting in southeast asia...again. And now, David Hasselhoff is back with more Knight Rider action. What one of these classic film series will work with the viewing public more than the others? Do I really need to answer this?

NBC sent out an official press release on the upcoming new Knight Rider series. Evidentally "The Hoff" will make a special appearance.


If your not convinced, here is a comment from one Knight Rider fan on the upcoming series:

"Wow, they've finally done it... they've found an idea that sucks worse than TKR. Not only do Ford vehicles look ordinary as hell, all this "hack any system", shapeshifting bullshit is derivative box-office zombie crap, obviously cooked up by someone who thinks that as long as it's a black car that talks and David Hasselhoff makes an appearance, it's Knight Rider. Personally I'd rather see YouTube footage of Hasselhoff yelling at his kid and trying to eat a hamburger."

If that's not a ringing endorsement, I don't know what is.

Friday, February 01, 2008

Who is this guy?



Can you see this guy as a video game inventer?


Maybe an accountant but not video games.



25 years ago, Warren Davis created Q-BERT. He created this early 80s game from an inspiration by a programmer who etched cubes on a screen. Davis describes his brainchild:



"When I looked at it, it occurred to me you could sculpt a pyramid out of it such that if a ball fell onto the top, it would have two choices of which way to bounce, so with one random byte I could create a path for a falling ball"


...and so Q-Bert was born.