1967: Y ?ko Shimomura, a female composer from Japan, was born today. She's known for scoring games like Final Fantasy IV and Kingdom Hearts II. She even did a little on Street Fighter II. But we like her for the casually sexy portraiture. Happy birthday Y ?ko Shimomura!

1999: Hasbro releases Pong: The Next Level for PS in the US. The pitch: "I want to remake Pong." "Uhh...ok, but how?" "I'm gonna, like, take it to the next level!" "Like Xtreme Pong?" "No, that would be retarded."

1999: The Half-Life port for the Mac is cancelled. This from Valve: "Given the realities of the Mac gaming market, our Mac customers were... always going to be second-class customers where we couldn't invest to the same degree in the Mac version as we did elsewhere..." and then he added, "how pretty is your Mac now without the sweet nectar of HL? You heard me, bitch." Mark Wilson
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