2007-11-09

"Family Guy" from near failure to pinball classic

Chris Bucci's "My Gameroom" review of the "Family Guy" pinball machine. To learn more about Chris go to http://www.buccisarcade.com or to http://www.youtube.com/user/spida1a.


"Family Guy" Pinball review, part 1


"Family Guy" Pinball review, part 2

Other views of "Family Guy" pinball.




Game-in-game Stewie mini-pinball

Dark Dreamer: Harlan Ellison

Stanley Wiater interviews Harlan Ellison about being attacked by his heart, would-be-writers, and the craft of writing. For more info go to http://www.stanley-wiater.com/



Dark Dreamer - Harlan Ellison, part 1



Dark Dreamer - Harlan Ellison, part 2



Dark Dreamer - Harlan Ellison, part 3

Stumbling across "Star Wars"

I came across this video on YouTube, followed the instructions and watched the show. I've condensed the instructions below. Enjoy!



While this may or may not work in other versions of Windows, I know it works in XP. Go to "Start" then select. Go to "Run" then select. Type "Telnet" and click enter. Type the letter "o" and click enter. It will drop down a line and ( to ) will appear on the screen. Now type "towel.blinkenlights.nl" and click enter. Three screens of credits will appear and then "Star Wars: A New Hope" will appear, rendered in askii.

2007-10-14

STRIKE!


On October 14th, 2007, my wife, Laurie, and I attended the annual Estrella Mountain Community College United Way Breakfast & Bowling event to benefit the Southwest Lending Closet. SLC is a non-profit, all volunteer organization that lends medical and home health equipment, for free, to any resident of Avondale, Buckeye, Goodyear, Litchfield Park, Luke Air Force Base and Tolleson.

I won the HIGH GAME ADULT award with a score of 161. The last time I had gone bowling was at the previous years event.

2007-10-12

Dr. Who Themes

The theme music from Dr. Who has always really reved me up! Here are a few variations.



From a documentary about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, this shows how the distinctive theme tune for Doctor Who was first created.



Footage of the early 80s remake of the doctor who theme song for the show of the same name by Peter Howell. Get a great behind-the-scenes view of how it was made and close glimpse at the equipment used (this is edited down with 2005 commentary from Peter Howell, taken from the Doctor Who Leisure Hive DVD)



A Dance-type Doctor Who Theme.



Jon Pertwee's narration with theme music



Dr. Who Theme, backwards



Playing Doctor Who theme



John Barrowman sings Doctor Who theme