Sunday, April 27, 2014

ET in a Hole

Literally, one of worst games in history was found buried in New Mexico. About twenty-one years ago, Atari was flopping. They sent fourteen trucks out to bury over one a million game cartridges. The exact location was never released to the public.
One of the games that were found is ET. ET was one of the largest flop of the 80's.

I really love that they found these games. I believe that they will just go in a museum. The ET game is a flop. I've played it before and it's an 8-bit, up down piece of crap, but historic crap.

What is the author’s point of view, and how does it impact the overall effect of the text?
The author sees the history in this event. He believes that the event as, "an important historical story that finally has an ending" (Claiborn). He also said that, "1983 was a bleak game for the videogame industry" (Claiborn), which I believe in fully. It was a horrid year for not only Atari, but console in general.

For the source of article and image: Claiborn, Samuel. "The Dig: Uncovering the Atari E.T. Games Buried in New Mexico Desert - IGN." IGN. IGN Entertainment, 26 Apr. 2014. Web. 27 Apr. 2014. <http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/26/the-dig-uncovering-the-atari-et-games-buried-in-new-mexico-desert>.

Monday, April 14, 2014

Drones looking for the airplane

Seriously, we are still looking for this plane. As you should know, a Malaysian Airlines flight went missing a while back. You should also know that nothing has been found. They are supposedly narrowing the search now. They are starting to use drones in their search. Submarines that will be working for twenty-four hours around the clock to narrow down the search.

This relates to a book that I read called Lord of the Flies. In the book, a flight goes missing.

What is the author’s point of view, and how does it impact the overall effect of the text?

The author seems excited about the the subs.