It’s PONG’s Birthday Today! What Did You Get It?

(thanks, pongmuseum!) 
What do you mean you FORGOT? Well, good thing for you it’s Black Friday, huh? Yeah, you just got back in from 12 hours of spending too much money you don’t have, but I say you need to get your leftover turkey eating behind BACK outside and work off some more calories before you’re tempted by the fridge to open it up and dive into that cold stuffing (again!). What should you buy PONG? Oh, use your imagination, people. Just don’t go writing any songs, now. That’s already been done and done so well that it’s the final word on this irrefutable classic. Eh, you’ll figure something out – just stay away from linens and towels as a gift choice, as they tend to be marked up during this time of year just to lure you into thinking you’re getting a good deal with that $2 coffeemaker and $50 TV you bought earlier…

Babycastles. Brooklyn. Sunday. NEW Atari 2600 Games (!) Be There.

I won’t be there, thanks to too much work to do, but maybe YOU can go and tell me what a blast you had.

Sunday, November 13th

Innovative Leisure: New Atari Games, curated by Ian Bogost.

Celebrating a new art games arcade at Death By Audio
6:30 – 9pm |||  @ DEATH BY AUDIO (South 2nd & Kent Avenue)
FREE |||   ALL AGES  ||| TALKS BY IAN BOGOST, SONNY RAE TEMPEST

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Missile Command Is 30 (And I Feel Old…. But There’s A Sweepstakes To Make It All Better)…



Yikes. I can actually remember playing plenty of Missile Command in assorted arcades back in 1980 and onward! Atari is certainly celebrating their classic (and making me feel ancient) by not only letting you young whippersnappers play the original version and a really cool remix, they’re also holding a nice little contest where the grand prize is a restored MC arcade cabinet. So go poke around and enter, already. Feel free to check out their other playable arcade and Atari 2600 classics as well.