Author Archives: gawd

Gilbo!

Posted on July 31, 2010 by gawd

Mod of the day. Click for full size.

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Cutting a Deal With The Devil

Posted on January 24, 2010 by gawd

A couple of days ago, I received mail calling to renew my Israeli driver’s license. It has been quite a while and it’s time to reissue that old piece of plastic. On the back of the payment slip, there is … Continue reading →

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2010 New Year’s Resolution

Posted on December 31, 2009 by gawd

You know how it works: at the very end of every year, you say “this is it”. Next year will be different, you sit down with yourself and make a list of accomplishments for next year, only to then realize … Continue reading →

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Machinarium: Drop of Water in a Burning Desert

Posted on November 4, 2009 by gawd

We live in the dark ages of 3rd person role playing games and first person shooters. The year is 2009, and I expected we’d be over this by now. What in the early days was titled revolutionary, visionary and ground-breaking … Continue reading →

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How Adventure Games Ruined My Life

Posted on September 24, 2009 by gawd

Yes, ruined! Something has been rooted deeply in my childhood that the finest psychologists and your favorite fireman cannot help me. What is wrong with the screenshot on the right? As an avid adventure gamer, I have played and completed … Continue reading →

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Toki RE Project, Status Update

Posted on September 13, 2009 by gawd

I’ve been making a huge progress with my Toki reverse-engineering project. Toki has been one of my all time favorite games since the day it was added at the arcades. You play a monkey (win!) that can fire bullets from … Continue reading →

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Nazi Shapeshifters, I was right all along

Posted on August 13, 2009 by gawd

A while ago I wrote a post about how video games change history facts and make the Third Rich a scifi team of super villians. To make my point stronger, new screenshots from EA’s upcoming Wolfenstein RPG (iPhone) were released … Continue reading →

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Announcing: ReadySoft Animation Player

Posted on June 6, 2009 by gawd

Readysoft Animation Player was a super fun project I made back in 2006, aiming to port Dragon’s Lair & Space Ace to modern and mobile platforms. The greatest thing about these games (aside the gameplay and superb Bluth animation,) is … Continue reading →

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Why I Never Forgave Metallica

Posted on June 5, 2009 by gawd

A few days ago, while dusting off some old cds of mine, I came across my good old copy of Metallica’s Load. Now, you have to realize. Unlike my older brothers who grew up in the 80s, I’m not that … Continue reading →

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No One Nose

Posted on April 22, 2009 by gawd

As I was walking the treadmill. (pause) Yes, walked the treadmill; I zapped through the infinite (40) channels that the gym was offering, looking for something to ease the pain and sweden the time. Call me crazy, but the Adventures … Continue reading →

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Games Make Holocaust Look Scifi

Posted on April 20, 2009 by gawd

Heavy Robot Nixon bombarded Vietnam’s ghouls; Napoleon raided Flesh Eating Pharaoh‘s tombs in early days. It sounds ridiculous, but with enough time, it will happen. See what happened in the a decade: id’s Return To Castle Wolfenstein featuresd zombie Nazis, … Continue reading →

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Twitter Killed The Blogger Star

Posted on April 10, 2009 by gawd

Dating back to Oct of last year, I have neglected my blogging completely. The OCD hasn’t worn off, it just moved from blogging to micro-blogging. The new flavor of addiction sums up to one-liner status updates on twitter. Follow me … Continue reading →

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Total Darkness

Posted on October 4, 2008 by gawd

The black photo shown below is no error. It’s how it was really like. Along with a friend, I went to the Dialog In The Dark (heb), a truly life changing experience. In a one hour tour, we were guided … Continue reading →

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Another World demade!

Posted on September 13, 2008 by gawd

An excellent post at Pixelation called pixelartists worldwide to collaborate in a heroic task of demading their favorite games. Follow up the original post for the full list, but here are my favorites:

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At The End of The LHC Tunnel

Posted on September 10, 2008 by gawd

Meanwhile, at the other end of the LHC tunnel, sits and waits Lester and plays Minesweeper.

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Big Brother is alive in Sydney

Posted on August 15, 2008 by gawd

The thumbnail in blue is of a photo I took in Sydney, Australia. This horrifying ad can be seen all over the city and calls people to give their friendly government-man a ring when they are -a little bit- suspicious … Continue reading →

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