Monthly Archives: April 2008

Well, Well, Well, Nice Game, Jays, You Miserable Sacks of Shit

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Ice Cream Jonsey

I’m going to paste a picture of the greatest player to ever wear a Blue Jays uniform. He is in his athletic prime right now, so no, the stats don’t currently bear that out, but he will be, by the … Continue reading →

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Airport Mania

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Pinback

New game out, everyone! It’s called Airport Mania and it is unique among thousands of independent shareware games in that it is the only one I have purchased in the last six months or so. Here is a link to … Continue reading →

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Fruit Monday

Posted on April 28, 2008 by ChainGangGuy

Since we won’t be together for this year’s International Fruit Day (July 1st), I hereby declare today Fruit Monday. So, to each and everyone of you, I heartily wish you a Happy Fruit Monday! Brewing with fruit is fairly commonplace … Continue reading →

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Shit Games You Like Anyway: Arch Rivals

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Ice Cream Jonsey

I know Arch Rivals is a poor game, but I don’t care. I can’t discuss it rationally. I think it’s fantastic. The night I got the replacement ROM from Andy at Ultimarc, so the Frankenstein-inspired control panel I slobbed together worked, I did … Continue reading →

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Pinback’s Top Ten Games of All-Time: #9

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Pinback

#9: NETHACK (1987) Most of the entries in this list are of the “best of genre” variety. For instance, if all you like are text adventures, your top ten are gonna be primarily text adventures. But I’m exercising a lot … Continue reading →

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The Best Hot Sauce in the World

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Pinback

As you know, over the past few years I have undertaken a substantial research project, at no small cost to myself in terms of both dollars and horrific intestinal pain, to determine the world’s best hot sauce. I have traveled … Continue reading →

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Avery India Pale Ale

Posted on April 22, 2008 by ChainGangGuy

BEER: Avery India Pale Ale Avery’s IPA has the proud noteriety of being the brewery’s first beer to roll down their newly installed bottling line in 1996 as well as being their most popular brew by a wide margin. Right … Continue reading →

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Milliways

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Ice Cream Jonsey

hygraed directed me to the following blog post about an Infocom hard drive saved from years ago. This is a drive that contains some internal e-mails relating to the development of their games, as well as a ton of other … Continue reading →

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Polybius Lives / Polybius Font

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Ice Cream Jonsey

Just a quick note – I updated the Polybius Home Page with info on the following things: 1) The font. I was given this by a gentleman that contacted me through the JC BBS. I have received some e-mail from … Continue reading →

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Pinback’s Top Ten Games of All-Time: #10

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Pinback

This list has a few different purposes. One, I think the people here (or at least I) would like to see a list of top games completed some time in their lifetime. Two, I’d like to offer a different perspective … Continue reading →

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