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Flash Game Development Inter-web mash up: October 17, 2008
Flash Game Development Inter-web mash up: October 17, 2008 The latest in Blog entries and articles that might interest Flash game…
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Daphnies Balloon Castle (2008)
Simple, satisfying popping action game. You must make it through the clouds to the Balloon Castle! Destroy the specified number of…
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USB Enabled Classic Atari 2600 “Red Button” Joystick Announced Today!
A new era for classic 8-bit retro gaming has arrived today! Curt Vendel over at Legacy engineering just clued-us-in today on…
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Daphnie’s Balloon Castle goes Live! Becomes A Mochi Featured Game!
Our latest game, Daphnie’s Balloon Castle went live on our site and through Mochi Distribution today. As a nice bonus, Mochi…
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Making Games: Pumpkin Man Beach Blitz Part 2
Making Games: Pumpkin Man Beach Blitz Part 2 For the last week I have been working on a new game with…
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Jack’s Beach Blitz
Special Agent Jackson Orange, disguised as a beach ball, must blast his way through multiple levels to rescue his girl friend.…
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Sand Dune Park: Goodbye/Hello
Growing up in Manhattan Beach, my favorite place to play, bar none, was Sand Dune Park. It was a park like…
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8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #9: Drivecast!
This week we have another “themed” podcast. Because we had to do the podcast while commuting, we discussed driving games. We…
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8bitrocket Fresh Kill Flash: A Biased selection of new (to us) Mochi Games.
8bitrocket Fresh Kill Flash: A Biased selection of new (to us) Mochi Games. Games get on this list in one of…
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8bitrocket Retro Games Inter-web mash up:October 08, 2008
8bitrocket Retro Games Inter-web mash up:October 08, 2008 The latest in Blog entries and articles that might interest Retro Game Fans.…
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Flash Game Development Inter-web mash up: October 08, 2008
Flash Game Development Inter-web mash up: October 08, 2008 The latest in Blog entries and articles that might interest Flash game…
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GameStorm! Podcast #8: Halloween GameStorm!
Sorry this podcast was a few days late. This weekend was filled with so much family(kid’s birthday, soccer games) and personal…
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Making Games: Pumpkin Man Beach Blitz Part 1
Making Games: Pumpkin Man Beach Blitz Part 1 Last weekend (not two days ago, but 8 days ago), we decided it…
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R.I.P. Game Theory Show
One of my favorite gaming podcasts, GameTheoryShow has bitten the dust today. The show featured Gary Witta, Colin Campbell and Kris Graft…
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Flash Game Development Inter-web mash up:October 01, 2008
Flash Game Development Inter-web mash up:October 01, 2008 The latest in Blog entries and articles that might interest Flash game developers.…
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A Comprehensive List Of Documentaries/TV/Shows/Movies About Video Game and Computer History
If you know me, you know that I love a good movie or tv show that covers one of my favorite…
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7 More Games Added to the 8bitrocket Retro Showcase
7 More Games Added to the 8bitrocket Retro Showcase In our search for the best retro inspired Flash games on the…
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Tutorial: N-way tile-based blit fine scrolling in AS3 (part 3)
Tutorial: N-way tile-based blit fine scrolling in AS3 (part 3) This is a long tutorial, so it has been split into…
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Tutorial: N-way tile-based blit fine scrolling in AS3 (part 2)
Tutorial: N-way tile-based blit fine scrolling in AS3 (part 2) In this tutorial we will discuss the theory and practice behind…
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Tutorial: N-way tile-based blit fine scrolling in AS3 (part 1)
Tutorial: N-way tile-based blit fine scrolling in AS3 (part 1) In this tutorial we will discuss the theory and practice behind…
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RuneScape, First Impressions
RuneScape, First Impressions RuneScape is a free Massively Multi-player RPG that I started to play off of the AddictingGames home page…
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8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #7: Special Wide-Load Double Episode : Our Favorite Games
Today we present the first 8bitrocket.com Special Wide-load Double Episode! This does not mean that that it is double the quality…
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The Best Portals For Residual Game Plays
The Best Portals for Residual Game Plays We make retro inspired games, and so far none of them have been a…
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Willy Higinbotham, “Video Game” Pioneer Speaks (sort of)
This was pretty cool. Yesterday I received an email from William Higinbotham’s son, Billy. For those who are not students of…
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New RSS Feeds And Updates + RSS Validator!
I’ve been working for the past week to upgrade our RSS Feeds to be compatible more modern technologies. The main feed…
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8bitrocket Diatribe: Tile-based BitmapData Fine Scrolling
8bitrocket Diatribe: Tile-based BitmapData Fine Scrolling I’m currently working on a 4 way scrolling car driving game, somewhat like Atari 800/C64…
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Grand Theft Auto:Intellivision
Following closely on Jeff’s post last week about Minus World’s Modern Atari Classics comes this YouTube video of Grand Theft Auto…
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Flash Game Development Inter-web mash up:September 22, 2008
Flash Game Development Inter-web mash up:September 22, 2008 The latest in Blog entries and articles that might interest Flash game developers.…
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8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #6 Bushwhacker! , More on I.P. Issues
OK, here is Podcast #6. This week we have a thrilling brainstorm discussion about game that ends up being named “Bushwhacker!”…
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Great”General”Gaming Blog
I’ve talked a bit about Edge-Online in the past, but today they proved again that they are one of the best…
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Minus World’s Atari modern Classics
I had this buried in the Mash-up yesterday, but it is so good that I felt the need to give it…
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Flash Game Development Inter-web mash up:September 16, 2008
The latest in Blog entries and articles that might interest Flash game developers. It’s time to hit my favorite Flash sites…
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8bitrocket Diatribe: Drawing Vector Primitives into a BitmapData Object in AS2 and AS3.
8bitrocket Diatribe: Drawing Vector Primitives into a BitmapData Object in AS2 and AS3. That doesn’t sound too difficult, and it really…
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8 More Mochi Games Added to the 8bitrocket Retro Showcase
I have been keeping a keen eye on the latest games uploaded to Mochi Ads and have selected 8 games to…
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Spore Is Midcore!
I know I’m not the first person to mention this (I saw link from another blog that puts the idea of…
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8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #5: A Real Project , Some AS2 -> AS3
OK, here is GameStorm! Podcast #5. In this episode we discuss a recent game design project and how we might have…
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Flash Game Development Inter-web Mash-up: September 8, 2008
A selection blogs, articles, tutorials, games, and more that might be on interest to Flash game developers (or any other game…
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Gaming The System: Can Playing Games Help My Dad’s Memory?
My dad is losing his mind. I know it’s a common story, an elderly parent on the cusp of alzheimer’s, but…
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8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #4: Top-10 Predictions Plus More…
OK, here is Podcast #4. This time we discuss two thrilling game ideas, and then we get into our Top-10 Predictions…
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Nick Bilyk’s Optimizing Actionscript Artcile
Super cool 8bitrocket friend, Alan Donnelly, sent over a link to one of the best AS3 Optimization articles I have ever…
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R.I.P Jerry Reed, “East Bound And Down”, Smokey And The Bandit
Back in May 1977 my dad told my brother and I that we were going to see a “sleeper” film at…
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8bitrocket Diatribe – Dynamic Sprite Sheets and What’s on Jeff’s DVR
I have been working on a few new projects that require speed and blit operations. This has given me the opportunity…
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Domino Multiplayer by Lorenzo Nuvoletta has been added to our Retro Showcase!
Lorenzo keeps pumping out great Retro Multi-player games and we keep adding them to our site! Multi-player lets you play the…
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Super Mario RPG: Devolution Is The Best Solution
A couple years back I received Paper Mario: 1000 Year Door for the GameCube (to play on my Wii). At the…
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Flash Game Development Inter-web Mash-up: September 3, 2008
A selection blogs, articles, tutorials, games, and more that might be on interest to Flash game developers (or any other game…
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8-bit Rocket’s Top-10 Midcore/Casual/Retro Game Predictions For The Next 12 Months
Since September is just starting and many Midcore/Casual gamers and gamer-parents are gearing up for what is really the new year…
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8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #3: Family Edition
OK, here is Podcast #3. We are still tinkering with the format, so this one is a bit different from the…
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8bitrocket Diatribe: Separated at Birth: Sarah Palin and Tracy Flick
I was up late last night finishing my latest tutorial, so I was a little late to the game hearing the…
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Tutorial: AS3 Basic Blitting #2 : Rotation – Part 1
Tutorial: AS3 Basic Blitting #2 : Rotation – Part 1 In this tutorial will will explore basic blitting from a tile…
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The Temptation Of The Unreleased Game
The second installment of my History Of Atari for gamasutra.com was published last week. It was very difficult to write Part…
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Norm Soule’s Pixel Blitz Engine Released
Norm Soule’s Pixel Blitz Engine Released The incredible Mr. Soule as been hard at work on an engine that will help…
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SoundSnap.com – awesome free sounds for your games
My buddy, Chris Cutler, sent me a link to this site today (www.soundsnap.com) and I have been exploring it on an…
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Flash Game Development Inter-web mash up:August 25, 2008
The latest in Blog entries and articles that might interest Flash game developers. It’s time to hit my favorite Flash sites…
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Atari: The Golden Years A History, 1978-1981 Update #2
I reported on Thursday that my second article on Atari History launched on Gamasutra:Atari: The Golden Years A History, 1978-1981…
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Atari History Part 2: 1978-1981 Launches On Gamasutra: Updated!
The second part of my “History Of Atari” launched today on Gamasutra. “Atari: The Golden Years A History, 1978-1981” is…
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8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #2: Secret Sauce
OK, we are back much sooner than expected. Since we launched the GameStorm! Retro Casual Game Idea Generator (see below) today,…
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8bitrocket Diatribe: Quad Tree Collision Research.
Along with many other little projects, I have begun research into creating a AS3 Quad Tree implementation to extend the optimized…
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New Flash Game Blog: Norm Soule
Norm Soule, who created the great game Magma (featured in our Retro Showcase) has a brand new blog dedicated to Flash…
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GameStorm! Launches
To help with our new GameStorm! Retro/Casual Game Design Podcast, we have just launched “GameStorm!: The Retro/Casual Game Idea Generator“. Here’s…
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Flash Game Development Inter-web mash up:August 18, 2008
Flash Game Development Inter-web mash up:August 18, 2008 The latest in Blog entries and articles that might interest Flash game developers.…
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8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #1: Eminent Domain
8bitrocket GameStorm! Podcast #1: Eminent Domain OK, today we are trying something brand-new. Jeff and I have wanted to try our…
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8bitrocket Diatribe: Getting rid of the old stuff
With a new baby in the house, plus a 3 and 1/2 year old starting to figure out what it means…
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Retro Game Showcase: Back In Action
OK, I’m back at a house and back in the saddle ready find some cool retro-inspired games to waste some of…
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9 Interesting Stories And Blogs About How People’s Lives Were Affected By Their 8-Bit Computers And Video Games
Since we often write long-winded stories about how 8-bit computers and video games affected our lives, I just took a look…
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Flash Game Development Inter-web Mash-up: August 12, 2008
A selection blogs, articles, tutorials, games, and more that might be on interest to Flash game developers (or any other game…
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Top 10 Grown-Up Gaming Web Sites/8-bit “Olympic” Themed Video Games
I thought of two subjects for a diatribe this weekend. One was about Olympic themed games from the 8-bit era (because…
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R.I.P. Computer Gaming World err… Games For Windows mag.
I received an issue of PC Gamer in the mail yesterday. It’s not strange for me to receive magazines on gaming…
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Flash Game Development Inter-web Mash-up: August 8, 2008
A selection blogs, articles, tutorials, games, and more that might be on interest to Flash game developers (or any other game…
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Atari Nerd Chronicles: R.I.P. My Boyhood Classic Arcade, Castle Park, Redondo Beach CA.
Most video game fans from the “golden age ” (roughly 1978-1983) frequented an arcade that they felt was “their own”. For…
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Space invaders Multiplayer Added to the Retro Showcase
8bitrocket.com is proud to announce the addition of Lorenzo Nuvoletta’s retro evolved re-make and tribute to the Taito Classic, Space Invaders.…
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Google Can Now *See* The Text In Your Flash .SWFs: Things To Consider
I’d heard something about this a few weeks back, but today I decided to look into it more. It seems that…
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…and some of our games have made it to YouTube
I’m not really sure why, but it looks like a few people (ok, at least one) one YouTube have filmed themselves playing some…
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GameSetWatch Reviews A Flash-Based MMO With Some Of My Games
One of my favorite sites, GameSetWatch.com has recently posted a review of a kid’s based MMO that I have done some…
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8bitrocket Diatribe: Micro Retro Mash-up, Air Battle Hour 3
I have now moved into the 3rd hour working on the first game for my Micro Retro Mash-up. The game is…
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8bitrocket Diatribe August 4, 2008
New Indie / Punk-Pop Music Clips! I have had a little time weekend to go back through my collection of Acid…
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Some Computer Advice From a Freakin’ Genius
Here is a bit of computer advice from a freaking genuis.. If you move into a modern new house from an…
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New Little 8bitter doing much better
Thanks to everyone who wrote to, prayed for and kept Jeanne, little Justin Rhys, and I in your thoughts. He is…
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8bit Jeff Out For A Bit: Baby Son Born, But He Needs Positive Thoughts
Jeff will be out for a few days as his baby son was born today. However, the boy has a few…
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Tutorial Update: Basic Blit with Transparency
Tutorial Update: Basic Blit with Transparency Super cool 8bitrocket.com reader, MR. K, asked a very interesting question today. He asked if…
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Terry Paton Code Library and Retro games
Terry Paton, who’s great retro inspired games have been featured on these pages, has a incredible set of code and templates…
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Free Beer (prototype)
https://intotheverticalblank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/freebeer.swf (Use arrow keys to move) You use the arrow keys to move. You try to “drink” (run over) as…
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The Transient Programmer #5: The Last Day, FREE BEER Revisited
OK, so this happens to be the last day I will spend as a transient” programmer. By 7:30 tomorrow I will…
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Flash Game Development Inter-web Mash-up: July 28, 2008
A selection blogs, articles, tutorials, games, and more that might be on interest to Flash game developers (or any other game…
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8bitrocket Diatribe July 27, 2008
New Royalty Free Music Loop Section! Our brand new royalty free music loop section has just launched. I took the “BETA”…
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8bitrocket Royalty Free Music And Sound Loops Beta!
We just put live a new section here at 8bitrocket.com. The Music Section has been transformed into a place to listen…
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The Downside Of Going Backstage
8bitrocket Goes Backstage I usually don’t talk about this, but besides working on Flash web sites and games at my day…
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8bitrocket Goes Backstage
8bitrocket Goes Backstage I usually don’t talk about this, but besides working on Flash web sites and games at my day…
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8bitrocket Diatribe July 24, 2008: Mini Retro Challenge: Design Doc
After examining the concept I have so far, I have decided that this game may not be very fun to play.…
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Old Skool Hackers Reading List
I took a break from game making tonight to focus on a subject that fascinated me in the 80’s and early…
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Forums Are Down…Maybe For good
I noticed that the forums were filled with spam today, so I took them down for repair. However, I’m considering taking them…
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8bitrocket Diatribe July 21, 2008: Air-Sea Battle Hour 1: Research and Plan
So, I have decided to make a game like the Atari 2600 (and Arcade classic) Air-Sea battle. I don’t know if…
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Dispatches From The Transient Programmer #4: Stuff I Took For Granted: Then And Now
Now that I have moved out of my single-family house, and I have been back visiting my parents often at their…
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8bitrocket Diatribe July 20, 2008: A game in a day…
Or there abouts. I have been thinking a lot lately about how I am going to have time to create viral,…
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Creating Free Sounds and Music for your Flash Games
Many Flash game developers work for months polishing up a game’s graphics and game play only to realize that they lack…
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Flash Game Development Inter-web Mash-up: July 17, 2008
A selection blogs, articles, tutorials games, and more that might be on interest to Flash game developers (or any other game…
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Flash Retro Game Showcase #7: July 15 2008
Steve has been collecting a decent back log of well made retro games, but has not had a chance to add…
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Atari Movie: War Room Debate On The Upcoming Atari movie
Not much on the proposed Atari movie front for the past couple weeks, but I did stumble on this episode of …
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Dispatches From The Transient Programmer #3: Digital Dream Home?
I’ve been working for the past few days on a game to salute one of the “amenities” at the hotel here,…
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Dispatches From A Transient Programmer #2: Free Beer
As a transient programmer (with a family) we are living in a “suite” hotel. I never realized the the true purpose…
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Fresh Kill Five: July 9, 2008. A Biased pick of cool Flash games
This week we take a look at 4 games by MyGame.com and a great new pinball title by gamingyourway.com. I only…
