Archive for February, 2008

posted by Steven Clontz on Feb 19

Thanks to the cool kids at Kotaku, who hooked us up with a link.

http://kotaku.com/357411/filmakers-to-produce-et-landfill-documentary

To all of you who left comments and sent us emails, thanks for your interest! Some of you even offered to help with the project, or providing venues for screening the project when it’s finished. That’s pretty cool! We’re still ironing out a lot of the details, but as our plans become more set, we’ll be touching base with some of you. This documentary belongs to all of us, after all.

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posted by Steven Clontz on Feb 17

The year is 1983. It’s a dark year for video gamers everywhere, with headlines rocking the industry, creating negative press unlike that we experience today.

CHILD OBESITY LINKED TO PAC MEN “MUNCHING” SENSATION

STUDY SHOWS 90% OF TRAFFIC OFFENDERS PLAYED SPY HUNTER THIS YEAR

HIDDEN SEXUAL INNUENDO FOUND IN HACKED POLE POSITION ARCADE GAME

But perhaps the darkest news story was run in the Alamogordo Daily News.

DUMP HERE UTILIZED - TONS OF ATARI GAMES BURIED

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posted by Steven Clontz on Feb 15

Those curious to learn exactly what we’re about can now go to http://www.auburn.edu/~clontsc/etmarch/about/ to learn about the project.