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Pac-Man: The Untold Story of How We Really Played The Game – Retro Bitch

People can tell you how many levels, what patterns to follow to beat the levels and how to get a “perfect game”. But until now, no one’s ever told you how people really played the game in The 80s. — Read on retrobitch.wordpress.com/2019/02/12/pac-man-the-untold-story-of-how-we-really-played-the-game/

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The ROM Drama

A major site that hosts ROMS of classic video games has shut down because they are being sued by Nintendo. There’s a lot of discussion around this topic circulating in games journalism. Here’s a few pieces https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/emuparadise-shuts-down-rom-downloads-amid-lawsuit-fears/ https://kotaku.com/in-defense-of-roms-a-solution-to-dying-games-and-broke-1828340811 What are this issue There are some issues at play here that don’t seem complex at first, […]

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#Gamergate Controversy Fuels Debate On Women And Video Games : All Tech Considered : NPR

Good synopsis and break down of the #gamergate mess  from a few weeks ago. I still haven’t change my thoughts on this whole thing. #Gamergate Controversy Fuels Debate On Women And Video Games : All Tech Considered : NPR.