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PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 116: Nostalgia for the Good Old Games

by | November 1, 2012

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WE’RE GONNA WRECK IT! “Wreck-It Ralph” got us really excited about old video games. Including old video games that never existed, like “Fix-It Felix.” Kudos to you on that, Disney, for making a game we miss playing that we never missed before, because it wasn’t a real thing back then.

Here’s what came up when we talked about video game nostalgia:

  • “Fix-It Felix Jr.” and its Blair Witchiness
  • Pac-Man
  • Arcades, Putt-Putt game rooms, and other places to play video games in our youth
  • Nintendo, Magnavox Odyssey, Pong, Atari, and other classic game systems
  • Holly’s love for video game booklets

More after the jump!

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Funny… The power of marketing

by | September 1, 2010

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This truly has to be one of the best attempts ever to take a product that is not selling and trying to find the right marketing niche for it…

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5 Things I Learned from WoW (Before I Quit) — No. 4: Manage Your Aggro

by | June 11, 2009

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In spite of my introversion, I spent a fair amount of time of “World of Warcraft” playing in groups. This was especially true in my pre-expansion level-60 days. I played a moonkin, and it didn’t take me long to figure out that my job in a group wasn’t to cast spells and do as much damage as possible.

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