If I don’t get some serious writing done on my behind-schedule Wired feature today, I fear that all will be lost. Wish me luck, and brace for tomorrow’s post about gambling in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Entries Tagged as 'games'
Emerging from the Desert
September 30th, 2010 · Comments Off on Emerging from the Desert
I made it through my Vega$ trip without having to set foot inside a Pawn America storefront, so I consider the trip a success. Voyaging back to Microkhan world headquarters today, so please enjoy the vintage Atari ad above as I hurtle through the air at upwards of 500 miles-per-hour. Catch you tomorrow.
Tags:advertising·Atari·games·Hong Kong·TV
Lord of the Board
May 11th, 2010 · 7 Comments
A few months ago, in the course of writing about the phenomenal track record of the UMBC chess team, we briefly flicked at the notion that chess intelligence is a unique beast that doesn’t necessarily predict classroom (or life) success. The ability to imagine a game’s progress several moves ahead, as well as consider the […]
Tags:checkers·chess·Chinook·games·intelligence·Marion Tinsley
Those Wage Earners Left Behind
September 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment
As you’re stuffing your face with sweet sausages and Budwesier Chelada this holiday weekend, we hope you’ll pause for a brief moment to remember those who really could have used a Labor Day respite: victims of karōshi, who remain far more numerous than they should be. Karōshi translates from the Japanese as “death from overwork,” […]
Tags:economics·games·Japan·karōshi·law·public health·statistics·suicide
Rising from the Turf
June 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Bit of a rough day here ’round Microkhan HQs, alas—a potential project just fell through, so we’re suffering through one of our periodic bouts of creative moroseness. Hopefully we’ll rebound in an hour or two, but for the moment the well is nearly dry. As such, we’re gonna go the lazy khan’s route and kick […]
Tags:1980s·Apple·games·Jordan Mechner·Karateka·Prince of Persia
The Madden Killer That Wasn’t
April 21st, 2009 · Comments Off on The Madden Killer That Wasn’t
Microkhan is one of the few (American) football fans who doesn’t lament the retirement of longtime TV announcer John Madden. For far too long, the noted fried-food enthusiast has filled airtime with nothing but head-thunkingly obvious comments. His typical pre-kickoff riff over the last decade has gone something like this: “To win, I think they’re […]
Tags:business·Buster Douglas·football·games·John Madden·Mike Ditka·Sega Genesis
The Monsters Bid Farewell
February 13th, 2009 · Comments Off on The Monsters Bid Farewell
And so Depression v2.0 has claimed another victim near-and-dear to Microkhan’s heart: Midway Games. Sumner Redstone left the company high-and-dry in December, selling his 87 percent stake for a measly $100,000—plus another $70 million in debt. All the news stories have talked up Midway as the developer of the Mortal Kombat franchise. But the tear […]
