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Ben Gilbert: NYC play 'The Dudleys' features chiptune music and 8-bit art

Ben Gilbert — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:30:00 +0000

Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture

New York City playwright Leegrid Stevens, working with the Theater for New City and manager Danielle Karliner, will debut a new play titled "The Dudleys!" this August at the Joyce and Seward Johnson Theater. "What in the world does this have to do with games?" you may be asking your computer. First and foremost, it's straight up weird that you're speaking to a computer. More importantly, though, "The Dudleys" is a play about the thoughts and memories of a young man, conveyed through "a malfunctioning 8-bit video game." You see the connection now?

Apparently, the play will feature chiptune music created on Ataris, GameBoys, and Commodore 64s, and 8-bit art will back up the actors. More specifically, the play aims to juxtapose "the two dimensional side-scrolling world of fun and happy endings up against the confusion and aimlessness of real life." Well then! If you're interested in snagging tickets, they're available online for $15.

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DOS Month Day 27: TMNT Arcade Game

DOS Month Day 27 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:19:00 +0000

If you want to ruin your night with some really bad and annoying PC gaming then TMNT for the PC is your answer! This game is bad, sadly it should have been better but it felt like the game was rushed so many bugs were left unnoticed. The music of the game makes you want to hang yourself at times as it never changes and the bugs all over the game can help you as much as destroy your chances of beating the game. Overall, the game is murder! Try it out for a good laugh or two though....

DOS Month Day 26: OverKill - The Six Planet Mega-Blast

DOS Month Day 26 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:13:00 +0000

An epic game from the past, Overkill had a lot to give for with their intense gameplay and facinating difficulty. The game is your typical shooter that makes you want to come back for more! Really, there are some shooters out there with this ability but this one back in the day Made me want to come back and replay it over and over. It's just a lot of fun and brings back a lot of memories. This is one of the games that doesn't do anything fancy but yet still makes the experience fun.

DOS Month Day 25: Micro Man

DOS Month Day 25 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:06:00 +0000

One of the most intriguing titles from the past is surely Micro Man. This game was a platformer like very few in its time. Originally released for the Windows 3.x system, Micro Man took advantage of many aspects to make itself look good. As you may know many of the games back then ran on DOS so Micro Man was very unique since it ran on a windows box made ready to play. Not many games were like this and not many were this good. The game is something else so try it out!

DOS Month Day 24: Apple Panic

DOS Month Day 24 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:01:00 +0000

Here is a very interesting game. This game mostly reminds me of lode runner on the NES. Your goal is to dig holes in order for the monsters to fall in sounds familiar? But it gets good after this. You have to hit the enemies so that they stay in the whole and bury them like the trash they are. Furthermore, you will need to dig up a hole completely or the enemy won't get trapped inside. I hope you can check this fun little game out.

DOS Month Day 23: Castles II - Siege and Conquest

DOS Month Day 23 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:57:00 +0000

Here is another one of those sneazy strategy games. This is another one of those conquer the other country while getting rich and building an empire games. It's a lot of fun, the music is not bad as well, and of course the game play keeps you wanting to come back for more. It's an awesome game overall.

DOS Month Day 22: Warcraft

DOS Month Day 22 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:45:00 +0000

The original warcraft proved to be one of the more interesting games of its day. Nonetheless, the franchise would evolve over the years to become what is now a very addicting online game with millions of subscribers. There is a reason for this, the game is just so good wether offline or online game is available, I can still have lots of hours of fun with the original one. This is a highly recommended title for sure.

Brian Ashcraft: Where Were You In 1998? [StarCraft]

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:00:00 +0000

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The first StarCraft game was released in March 1998. That was twelve years ago. So much has changed. So have I. And the smart money says so have you. More »