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more about #pong Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Very awesome! Best performance for violins I've ever saw for game music compilations, and I saw many of them. Also, despite the image being far back, ... more » Taggart6 wishes you happy holidays!!!: Loved it for what it is: A group of musically talented teenagers sharing their love of gaming in their own way. To everyone else getting their pant... more » NoBullet: Thats kinda stupid that they would joke about Halo's music when its the best game soundtrack ever made. more » Fitz Rhapsody: This sucks - not because the music is bad, but because it's made into a JOKE, as always. This is actually one of the best-sounding (musically) perform... more » Kris: Those are some really freakin' talented kids! And it looked like most of them were girls. Go girls! Also, Tetris was hilarious. more » Draco_2k: They say nostalgia hits you like a wave, but this is more like a tsunami made of chocolate. Beautiful. more » Instant_Awesome: I heart video game music. I often listen to soundtracks in non-gaming situations (working out, driving, working, etc.). It just affects me differently... more » Jon: Not all brits are like this I swear! more » Firelance is Addicted: Now replace the whip with a chainsaw, and get some xbox LIVE players to try it. more » Bard of Awen: I love how she's like, "This actually hurts! Turn it up more!" Methinks the inventor is not the only kinky one. more » excel_excel: I like my gal to punch me in the face every time I collect a star in Mario games....wait I mean every coin. Yeah thats right. This is just punishing ... more » Michael Dukakis: Oh my... more » That mop mutant: Yes mate, lets clink our incandescent light bulbs together to see which filament last longer. Or spank each other and get your fetish on a public broa... more » SansSanity: I love how the article is in technology genre... yeah that's what all people interested in technology should see.. more » Atheist Jew: This actually sounds pretty damn interesting. I'll be watching out for that. If we can't have a direct Battlezone sequel (I'm looking at you, Pandemic... more » zenpoet: If past performance is an indication of future performance, he is going to make millions off this game, then immediately sell it to fund an ill concei... more » ludwigk: As important as Bushnell was, I don't really put much stock in his work since Atari. Since leaving Atari, he's tried backing a bunch of business ventu... more » -MasterDex-: Interesting. Hopefully, Bushnell hasn't been out of game design for too long. I'll certainly be keeping my eye on this. more » awesomemonster: Has anyone ever played Savage? how is it? I've always been kinda interested but it seemed to risky of a purchase. Anywho, count me in, this is the t... more » Trygle12... NOW IN HD!: Yup. The old "X is good" and "Y is good" so XY must be ****ing incredible!! Hopefully it will turn out great. Nothing will ever replace my tabletop ... more » -
#culture
Video Game Quintet Captures The Essence Of Pong
We've seen video game musical performances in the past, but none that have managed to convey the underlying sense of despair so prevalent in Pong as this particular quintet. More » -
#pong
Pong, Kinky Boots, Whips, Sexy Times
Here's one way to sauce up a game of Pong: have you play the game using a pair of pointy boots. And if you lose, you get whipped. Literally. Confused? Let this creepy British man explain. More » -
#nolanbushnell
Atari Founder Returns To Development With Battleswarm
Nolan Bushnell, creator of Pong and founder of Atari, returns to game development with Battleswarm: Field of Honor, a real-time strategy / first-person shooter hybrid he describes as "a mash-up between StarCraft and Starship Troopers." More » -
#clips
Ever See One Hundred Sheep Play Pong Before?
This ad for Samsung is trying to sell us on the benefits of an LED TV. Instead, it's selling us on the benefits of buying a camera and lots and lots of sheep. -
#ikaruga
Ikaruga & Pong Swap Polarities In Pong-Karuga
"GoS-CPT-Stewart" is a student at game design school Full Sail. As part of his studies, he had to make a Pong clone. So he took Pong and mixed it with, of all things, Ikaruga. More » -
#history
Proto-Pong Honored at Nuclear Laboratory
Some might think the men who wrote what is credited as the first video game ever, Tennis for Two, might regret not patenting his work. If they did, however, the United States government would have owned that patent. And it's fascinating to consider the Department of Energy as a founding investor in the multibillion-dollar video gaming industry of present times. More » -
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#movies
Leonardo DiCaprio to Star in Atari Movie?
OK, OK, kinda misleading headline — his production company is producing "Atari" a biopic about Nolan Bushnell, Pong's developer and Atari's founder. Paramount bought the rights yesterday. Indications are that he will star, but not knowing the story yet, I don't know if that means he would play Bushnell or, perhaps, another character through whom the story of Bushnell and Atari is presented. More » -
#culture
Pong Table Blends The Real With The Virtual
I am a creature of basic interests. I love Space Invaders. I love Pong. In fact I own the first pair of Invader shoes and one of those limited edition Pong clocks, so when I saw this table I got way too excited... judging by the absolute silence that greeted my enthusiasm when I shared this with the others in Kotaku Tower. More »
