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Twenty-five Years at the Heart of Gaming

Posted by michael on from the hyperspace dept.

Andrew Leonard writes "Salon has a loooong interview with Eugene Jarvis, the creator of legendary arcade video games Defender and Robotron, up today. Jarvis talks about why he is pro-emulators, anti-Grand Theft Auto, still focused on arcade games, and deeply worried about terrorism. It's a good read, even if you have to watch a ten second ad to get access."

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  1. Classic 80's Games by Valiss · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ok it's a but off topic, but still related. This reminded me of a site that has some old school games you can play on the web. Enjoy some classic '80s games.

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  2. Re:Those were the days... by TheTomcat · · Score: 5, Informative

    I looked it up.. probably others would, too (Ninth Key and other patterns).

    (posted with no bonus on purpose -- not whoring)

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  3. Re:Not the only person against Grand Theft Auto by thirty-seven · · Score: 4, Informative
    No matter what Jon Katz and Michael Moore would like you to believe, your chance of getting brutally killed in or around an American school is far lower today...

    I think you have large misconception about Moore. In Bowling For Columbine he looks at the issues of youth/school violence and gun violence in general. He doesn't come to a conclusion about the cause of this, but he does conclude that:

    a) It isn't caused by the prevalence of guns; and

    b) It isn't caused by violent movies, games, or "evil" music.

    However, he does suggest that if anything, the over-reporting and sensationalism of violence by the media in the U.S. (which is the very thing you accused Moore of doing), actually contributes to such violence by causing people to be overly fearful.

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