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The history and power of silly digital games (nytimes.com)
72 points by LouDog 5183 days ago
4 comments
semarjt 5182 days ago
Looks like an (unfriendly) fork of https://github.com/erkie/erkie.github.com

they made minor changes, but no attribution to the original author (that i saw)

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quux 5181 days ago
Maybe they added this after you posted, but under the game it says "Jon Huang/The New York Times, based on the original game by Rootof Creations HB"
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Tipzntrix 5182 days ago
I am really intrigued by the little minigame. I read the whole article before playing, but the way it interacts iwth the webpage is amazing!
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bwooceli 5181 days ago
Okay... the Ads-as-asteroids blaster game on this page is FANTASTIC.

EDIT Okay... it's a DIV blaster or something. either way, love it. Score 2180

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smokinjoe 5183 days ago
Only thing I read was "Press Enter to Continue."
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LouDog 5182 days ago
The article is worth a read as well...for a weekend...or a three week vacation...
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