“A trio of Google engineers have ported id Software’s gib-filled first-person shooter Quake II to browsers— you know, for kicks—as a way to show just what HTML5 compatible web browsers are capable of.”
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• joystiq presents a video tour of game room.
• Five reasons why Xbox Live’s Game Room sucks.
• List of Game Room Achievements!
• Xbox Game Room Is Live And Broken.
• See what they’re saying on twitter.

We’ve all see our share of competitor marketing wars like Verizon vs ATT&T and Microsoft vs. Apple, to name a few modern ones. When you think console wars you might think Sega Genesis vs. Super Nintendo or Playstation vs. Nintendo 64 but the 80s had it’s share of wars as well.

Below are two commercials; one by Colecovision bashing Atari and another by Atari bashing Colecovision. Since I was barely breathing at the time this took place I can’t say who blew the first blow but based on these commercials it sounds like it was Colecovision.

Colecovision TV ad:

Atari 5200 TV ad:

I find the Atari commercial to be funny yet sad at the same time… “Not pole position? NOT THIS POLE POSITION!”

Frogger for Atari 5200 (left) and Colecovision (right)

If you’d like to learn more about this feud I found this post referencing a magazine article about it.

Ever since hearing the music from the first two levels of Mario Brothers I’ve always enjoyed some 8bit tunes. I remember a few years back listening to midi files I’d download from some online music scene (this was before myspace blew up). It’s good to see that this type of music is really growing and getting some solid artists. If you’re interested in listening to some I’d start right here: http://www.last.fm/tag/8-bit

In the last week they’ve released the trailer and it looks like they’ve tried to stick to the original formula; simple controls, two on two, all out basketball war! Have a look for yourself;