Author: Mike Knotts

JZR 'beatle tail' trike

JZR ‘Beatle Tail’ kit trike

JZR ‘beatle tail’ trike seen on the streets of Paris. These JZR’s are cool DIY kits, and can be powered by a variety of engines, even Harley’s. JZR trikes have a nice community built...

Amiga emulator for Chrome

Online Amiga Emulator for Chrome

Google engineer Christian Stefansen has released an online Amiga emulator! Although it only works with the desktop Chrome browser, not mobile. But, here’s hoping for mobile support, as it does raise some interesting possibilities for...

Happy Birthday, Doom!

Happy Doomsday!

20 years ago today, id Software unleashed Doom, and video gaming has never been the same since. Polygon has a good article on the significance of Doom, while Wired has a great interview with...

Balance of Power - 1985, Chris Crawford & Mindscape

Gamechanger – Balance Of Power

Late 1983 through 1984 were a pivotal time for the computer and video game industry.  The Great Video Game Crash seemed to have no end in sight. Atari, careening towards bankruptcy, was drastically slashing...

The Ouya game console

6 Months With Ouya

Released in late June 2013, the Ouya video game console was going copy the Apple App Store business model, tweak it slightly (try Apps for free for a limited time), be ‘Indie-Developer Friendly’, and...

Bill Budge, circa 1983.

Gamechanger – Bill Budge

December 31st, 1995, the last of Bill Watterson‘s Calvin & Hobbes cartoon strips ran, ending a 10-year run of brilliance and influence over a new-generation of cartoonists.  Watterson left the industry he didn’t really...