PBS Examines the Aesthetics and Culture of 8-Bit Art
Practically anyone who grew up in the 1980’s and early 1990’s *ahem* has some sort of relationship to, and/or memory of 8-bit gaming, whether it was because of the popular Nintendo Entertainment...
View ArticleCarmen Sandiego is going to Hollywood; may steal the iconic sign again…
Classic adventure game icon Carmen Sandiego is prime and ready to steal the bright lights of Hollywood (you know, like how she stole the sign back in 1985). Walden Media is in the process of adapting...
View ArticlePBS’s American Experience Takes a Look at Silicon Valley [Trailer]
As part of the PBS history series American Experience, this February 19th special will take a gander at the history of Silicon Valley, the introduction of the transistor, the Fairchild semiconductor,...
View ArticleCranes of Silicon Valley Primally Raging with Extreme Wrestling – WIRed #28
Sometimes, half the fun is in failing. Thanks for that quote, Paul Heyman! Anyway, this week’s haphazard episode of WIRed I discuss the usage of cranes in architecture, a PBS special on Silicon...
View ArticleRalph Baer: The Man Who Invented Video Games
What we’re gonna do right here is go back. Way back. Back into time. Back to time before pouring hours into Angry Birds and Plants vs. Zombies, getting called expletives in Call of Duty (and Halo– any...
View ArticlePBS Game/Show asks ‘Are Angry Fanboys Bad for Games?’
Short answer: YES! DEAR GOD, YES!!! But that’s just me… PBS’ Game/Show is an online program on YouTube produced by PBS Digital Studios, where the show looks at the relationship between videogames and...
View ArticleMetro Subs Cheap Photoshop Fanboys Del Rey – WIRed #89
It’s time for Episode 89 of WIRed, where Montez McCrary discusses the AIA 25 Year Award winner — The DC Metro –, cheap alternatives to Adobe PhotoShop, how annoying fanboys and fangirls are ruining...
View ArticlePBS’ Game/Show on How Net Neutrality Effects Gaming
I’ve covered PBS Digital Studios’ YouTube series Game/Show before regarding the harm fanboys/fangirls cause the gaming industry, but the show also covers some other apolitical, light topics like the...
View ArticleBrutalist ShiftBot Neutrality Best-of-Three – WIRed #110
It’s time for Episode 110 of WIRed, where Montez McCrary discusses saving a brutalist legend, Google and MIT’s shape-shifting robot, how net neutrality effects gaming, and a classic...
View ArticlePBS’s American Experience Takes a Look at Silicon Valley [Trailer]
As part of the PBS history series American Experience, this February 19th special will take a gander at the history of Silicon Valley, the introduction of the transistor, the Fairchild semiconductor,...
View ArticleRalph Baer: The Man Who Invented Video Games
What we’re gonna do right here is go back. Way back. Back into time. Back to time before pouring hours into Angry Birds and Plants vs. Zombies, getting called expletives in Call of Duty (and Halo– any...
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