http://interestingdrug.com reblogging the mundane Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:37:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://theinterestingdrug.tumblr.com/ http://interestingdrug.com/?p=2574 Adventure Classic Gaming - Adventure game puzzles we have known and hated. "A vivid example of puzzles falling into this trap, to the point of parody, is in Shadowgate. Although the game is largely... [...] (Via Blue's News.) http://interestingdrug.com/?p=2573 I recently stumbled upon a Flickr account in which someone has managed the impressive and noble task of scanning the complete contents of several Sears and Montgomery Wards Christmas catalogs. The sight launched me screaming headlong into the dusky realms of nostalgia; back before the days ... http://interestingdrug.com/?p=2572 People who own a Kindle and an iPhone are in luck: Amazon has published a Kindle application on the iTunes Apps Store, so now you'll be able to read Kindle books on your iPhone. The program grabs books you already bought from Amazon and lets you read samples and buy e-books directly from your ... http://interestingdrug.com/?p=2571 In the West, Fallout 3's advertising campaign tried to keep things classy. So it is in Japan, with the release of these Fallout 3 shirts designed by...Famitsu. Yes, the magazine/website Famitsu. There are three designs to choose from, each coming in two colourways, and the best part is, some of ... http://interestingdrug.com/?p=2570 While at NVision a few weeks back in San Jose, I got a chance to chat in detail to Jason 'Textfiles.com' Scott (pictured, left, in his natural habitat), who was at the event ahead of wandering off to Penny Arcade Expo to shoot MC Frontalot videos. [...] (Via GameSetWatch.) http://interestingdrug.com/?p=2569 hhavensteincw writes "On Monday Google detailed new plans to digitize millions of newspaper pages with articles, photographs, and headlines intact so they can be accessed and searched online. 'Around the globe, we estimate that there are billions of news pages containing every story ever written,' Google said in a blog ... http://interestingdrug.com/?p=2568 submitted by greentriangle to reddit.com [link] [38 comments] [...] (Via reddit.com: what's new online.) http://interestingdrug.com/?p=2567 Following his article on Atari's genesis, game historian Fulton returns with an amazingly detailed piece on Atari's 'golden years', from the rise of the Atari 2600 through Asteroids and Battlezone. [...] (Via Gamasutra Feature Articles.) http://interestingdrug.com/?p=2566 The bomb will not start a chain-reaction in the water converting it all to gas and letting the ships on all the oceans drop down to the bottom. It will not blow out the bottom of the sea and let all the water run down the hole. It will not ... http://interestingdrug.com/?p=2565