This video has been making the rounds lately. Rather simple premise--show a bunch of deaths in arcade classics interspersed with oddly appropriate clips from vintage TV shows and commercials.

In my upcoming Matt Chat with Scratches designer Agustín Cordes, we talk a lot about our perspectives on classic games such as Myst and King's Quest, and how those have changed over time. Agustín says that he doesn't consider Myst (1993) to be a vintage game, simply because it feels too modern to him compared to the earlier King's Quest (1984). It made me start thinking about how we perceive time when talking about individual games. There is 9 years difference between Myst and King's Quest, but 18 years have passed since Myst first graced the Mac (16 for PC). It seems to me that each year that goes by seems to compress that 9 year gap to make it seem shorter, so that it seems like Myst followed very closely on the heels of King's Quest (and thus I feel comfortable grouping both under the category "classic"). For Agustín, on the other hand, that gap seems much wider, perhaps because the Myst-style is still "modern" in the sense that most adventure games still follow its model.

In episode 5 of the Armchair Arcade Radio podcast, Chip Hageman pointed out a great piece of software called 'Armalyte'. I ordered a copy and decided to check it out and capture it on video. Check it all out below.

HalfBlindGamer, MrCustard and myself went to the annual Bonami Computer Museum Retro Gaming Event in Apeldoorn (The Netherlands) on October 3rd 2010. One of those rare occasions that retrogaming comes out of the closet over here in the Netherlands. Below you can find official footage taken by the organizers of the event. Seb (HalfblindGamer) and myself shot some really nice quirky things that will of course show up in a dual production video soon.

For you guys who are interested in this event and don't want to wait for our footage to be edited, take a look below. Alas all is in Dutch but the view speaks for itself. If you guys want some additional information on the clips or even some translations, do let me know.

Courtesy of MaximumRD, check below to read about and see his modification of a 3DO light gun and unboxing of one of the Philips CD-i models:

Check it out, I'm very happy with these, especially the two part look at the ColecoVision USB 128-in-1 multicart! Let me know what you think guys, thanks!

My latest video in support of my friend TER who runs the ZAP online Classic Gaming website and forums and who was the creator of the ZAP! Fanzine back in the early 90's.

Hey guys, after a couple months (damn lack of time) here finally I present MaximumRD's Intellivoice parts II AND III!

That's right, ended up being three parts total but since it had been a couple month since the first and some subscribers had been waiting I decided to keep quiet until both were uploaded and ready to go LOL!

Check it out! Daniel Bienvenu contacted me to narrate a video for his latest COLECOVISION project. He is a homebrew programmer deeply involved in programming new titles for the classic Colecovision system. This title will be worked on throughout 2009 and hopefully debut sometime in 2010! Here is the resulting video, it is just one of a series of sneak peek teaser videos to get the word out on this exciting new project for Colecovision enthusiasts!